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Andrew C Benniston1, Dorota B Rewinska
1Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), Bedson Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU. a.c.benniston@ncl.ac.uk
Abstract:
A highly strained non-luminescent dibenzo-acridinium cationic compound is identified that undergoes in acetonitrile light-induced ring closure to create a highly fluorescent, planar, eight-ringed cationic anti-aromatic dye.
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