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Preparation of Stable Bicyclic Aziridinium Ions and Their Ring-Opening for the Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Published on: August 22, 2018
NIR J-aggregates of hydroazaheptacene tetraimides
Kang Cai1, Jiajun Xie, Dahui Zhao
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Hydroazaacene dicarboximide derivatives with red to NIR absorptions are designed and synthesized, which exhibit well-defined J-aggregation behaviors in both solution and thin films. The absorption and emission of an aggregate extend well into the NIR regime (λ(max) = 902 nm), manifesting particularly narrow bandwidth (fwhm = 152 cm(-1)) and is nearly transparent in the visible region.
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