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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Synthesis of an Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Multichromophore Consisting of Terrylene and Perylene Diimides for Multistep Energy Transfer Studies

Thomas BaschéSebastian StappertKlaus MüllenChen Li

subject

010405 organic chemistryChemistryGeneral Chemical EngineeringEnergy transferGeneral Chemistry010402 general chemistryPhotochemistry01 natural sciencesAcceptor0104 chemical scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundDiimideMaterials ChemistryMulticomponent systemsDonor acceptorPerylene

description

Motivated by the results obtained from the investigation of singlet–singlet annihilation in a linear multichromophore comprising terrylene diimides (TDI) and perylene diimide (PDI) in 2010, we report the detailed process toward the successful synthesis of a TDI–PDI–TDI dyad. Ineffective synthetic pathways, which were necessary for the understanding of the step-by-step construction of the complex multichromophore, are described, leading toward a universal synthetic plan for multicomponent systems containing rylene diimides separated by rigid oligophenylene spacers.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04602