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Dramatic Red-Shifted Fluorescence of [2.2]Paracyclophanes with Peripheral Substituents Attached to the Saturated Bridges
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Dramatic Red-Shifted Fluorescence of [2.2]Paracyclophanes with Peripheral Substituents Attached to the Saturated Bridges

Elizabeth Elacqua, Dejan-Krešimir Bučar, Yulia Skvortsova, Jonas Baltrusaitis, M. Lei Geng and Leonard R MacGillivray
Organic letters, Vol.11(22), pp.5106-5109
11/19/2009
DOI: 10.1021/ol901907j
PMID: 19852498

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Abstract

A bridge-substituted [2.2]paracyclophane obtained from the organic solid state exhibits a dramatic red shift in fluorescence relative to [2.2]paracyclophane. A further red shift occurs upon alkylation of the pyridylcyclobutyl bridges. Our results demonstrate that [2.2]cyclophanes substituted at the bridge, despite not being attached via the extended π-system, are promising building blocks in the development of optical materials © 2009 American Chemical Society.

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