One-pot syntheses of blue-luminescent 4-aryl-1H-benzo[f]isoindole-1,3(2H)-diones by T3P^® activation of 3-arylpropiolic acids

• Melanie Denißen,
• Alexander Kraus,
• Guido J. Reiss and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2340–2351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.231

• by an integrating sphere. The emission maximum appears at 468.5 nm, i.e., at the same longest wavelength band as in solution. Therefore, 1H-benzo[f]isoindole-1,3(2H)-diones 4 can be considered as AIE (aggregation induced emission) chromophores [56][57][58]. In comparison to the 1-phenyl-[2,3-c

One-pot three-component synthesis and photophysical characteristics of novel triene merocyanines

• Christian Muschelknautz,
• Robin Visse,
• Jan Nordmann and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 599–612, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.51

• ][40] and pyranoindoles [41] via domino sequences. Interestingly, our versatile three-component enaminone synthesis [42][43] could be readily extended in a vinylogous fashion with enamines furnishing orange or deep red diene chromophores 2 and 3 that display aggregation induced emission [31]. In