title: Anthracene carboxyimides and their dimers.
abstract: Soluble anthracenedicarboxyimides have been prepared and undergo a photodimerisation of the anthracene skeleton, which is important for their application as antitumour agents, such as azonafides. Reaction under strongly alkaline conditions causes C-C coupling to form soluble dimeric fluorescent dyes with bathochromic absorption and fluorescence in the NIR region. These dyes are of special interest because of their absorption at longer wavelengths.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, LMU University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Langhals@lrz.uni-munchen.de
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langhals
authors.forename: Gertrud
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schönmann
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Polborn
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D019281:Dimerization; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D007094:Imides