title: Synthesis, Photophysics, and Self-Assembly of Furan-Embedded Heteroarenes.
abstract: A series of pyrene/phenanthrene-fused furan derivatives (1-8) were synthesized by a simple condensation reaction between pyrene-4,5-diketone/phenanthrenequinone and substituted phenol/naphthol in the presence of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in 1,2-dichlorobenzene heated at reflux. The formed compounds can emit strong blue light in organic solvents. Additionally, the self-assembly behaviors of two of the compounds (3 and 5) were studied through re-precipitation method and the resulting nanostructures were characterized by UV/Vis, fluorescence spectra, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The findings showed that the shape and size of compounds 3 and 5 could be tuned by the ratio of THF and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) solution in water.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Sujuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Qiuye
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China). baxw@hbu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xinwu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, (P.R. China). jcxiaoicas@163.com.
authors.forename: Jinchong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
keywords: dyes/pigments; fluorescence; heterocycles; photophysics; self-assembly