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Synthesis, Functionalization, and Optical Properties of 1,2-Dihydro-1-aza-2-boraphenanthrene and Several Highly
Alberto Abengózar1, Patricia García-García1, David Sucunza1
1Departamento de Química Orgánica y Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Investigación Química "Andrés M. del Río" (IQAR) , Universidad de Alcalá , 28805 Alcalá de Henares , Spain.
Abstract:
Previously unknown 1,2-dihydro-1-aza-2-boraphenanthrene has been synthesized in only three steps from 2-bromo-1-vinylnaphthalene. The reactivity of this new BN-phenanthrene, and of several substituted derivatives, has been tested against bromine and organolithium compounds. Bromination proceeded with complete regioselectivity, affording bromo-substituted compounds suitable for further functionalization via cross-coupling reactions. This new family of BN-phenanthrenes exhibits a substantial increase in the quantum yield (up to ϕF = 0.93) with respect to phenanthrene.
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