meta-Oligoazobiphenyls – synthesis via site-selective Mills reaction and photochemical properties

• Raphael Reuter and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 877–883, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.99

• the analysis of the photochemical properties. In this context we designed a novel strategy to access meta-oligoazobiphenyls via site-selective Mills reaction and Suzuki cross-coupling in a highly efficient iterative way. Photochemical examination of the resulting monomeric and oligomeric azo compounds

Azobenzene dye-coupled quadruply hydrogen-bonding modules as colorimetric indicators for supramolecular interactions

• Yagang Zhang and
• Steven C. Zimmerman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 486–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.55

• , the ability to synthesize these recognition units containing azobenzene units opens up the possibility to turn hydrogen bonding on and off. With regard to synthesis, aromatic azo compounds are commonly prepared by an electrophilic substitution reaction, the best partners being an electron-rich