title: Thionated perylene diimides with intense absorbance in the near-IR.
abstract: A synthetic strategy involving a combination of tetra-thionation and amine substitution in the bay region of a perylene diimide (PDI) leads to remarkable examples of neutral PDIs with intense absorption maxima in the near infrared. Generation of the corresponding monoanions red shifts the absorption profile to give short-wavelength infrared bands.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ben A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Llewellyn
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: E Stephen
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Constance R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Neil.Champness@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Champness