Macrocyclic amphiphiles with 1,8-anthrylene fluorophores: synthesis and attempts toward two-dimensional organization.
New macrocyclic amphiphiles with two or three integrated 1,8-anthrylenes have been synthesized by an iterative Sonogashira cross-coupling protocol. The final cyclization has been conducted with 80% yield under cuprous-free dilution conditions. Formation of a monolayer at the air/water interface has also been demonstrated. These results open the intriguing possibility to construct large 2D supramolecular/macromolecular systems for which unique photophysical and -chemical properties are expected.
Kissel
Patrick
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Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, HCI J541, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
van Heijst
Jeroen
J
Enning
Raoul
R
Stemmer
Andreas
A
Schlüter
A Dieter
AD
Sakamoto
Junji
J