Tetracyanoquaterrylene and tetracyanohexarylenequinodimethanes with tunable ground states and strong near-infrared absorption

Zebing Zeng, Sangsu Lee, José L. Zafra, Masatoshi Ishida, Xiaojian Zhu, Zhe Sun, Yong Ni, Richard D. Webster, Run Wei Li, Juan T. López Navarrete, Chunyan Chi, Jun Ding, Juan Casado, Dongho Kim, Jishan Wu

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Abstract

Biradicaloids based on quinoidal rylenes! Soluble and stable tetracyanoquaterrylenequinodimethane (QR-CN) and tetracyanohexarylenequinodimethane (HR-CN) were synthesized. QR-CN has a closed-shell quinoidal structure in the ground state, whereas HR-CN has a singlet biradical ground state. Both compounds showed very strong one-photon and two-photon absorption in the NIR range.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8561-8565
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number33
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Aug 12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry(all)

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