Synthesis of the most intensely fluorescent azobenzene by utilizing the B-N interaction.
A boron-substituted azobenzene, (E)-[2-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenyl]bis(pentafluorophenyl)borane, presented the most intense fluorescence among the azobenzene derivatives.
Yoshino
Junro
J
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Kano
Naokazu
N
Kawashima
Takayuki
T