Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

• Long K. San,
• Sebastian Balser,
• Brian J. Reeves,
• Tyler T. Clikeman,
• Yu-Sheng Chen,
• Steven H. Strauss and
• Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

• [20][21] and are not suitable as emitters for OLEDs or fluorescent probes. A family of perfluorobenzylated derivatives of another PAH, viz. perylene (PERY), was recently reported by our group [22]. We showed that the acceptor strength of PERY(BnF)n derivatives (n = 1–5) significantly increased with

Synthesis and characterizations of highly luminescent 5-isopropoxybenzo[rst]pentaphene

• Islam S. Marae,
• Jingyun Tan,
• Rengo Yoshioka,
• Zakaria Ziadi,
• Eugene Khaskin,
• Serhii Vasylevskyi,
• Ryota Kabe,
• Xiushang Xu and
• Akimitsu Narita

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 270–276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.19

• ], perylene [18][19], and coronene [20]. Besides their limited accessibility in the past, the lack of attention to BPP can presumably be ascribed to its low photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). We recently reported a PLQY of 13% for pristine BPP and revealed a symmetry-forbidden nature of its first excited

The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

• Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Dylan Wilkinson,
• Michele Cariello,
• Claire Wilson,
• Alan A. Wiles,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

• ]. Among many intensively investigated organic semiconductors [10][11][12], are perylene diimide (PDI) derivatives which feature a rigid, planar, fused π-skeleton. These molecules have been widely utilised as n-type materials, due to their exceptional charge mobility (μe ≈ 0.1–2.1 cm2 V−1 s−1) [13][14][15

Applications of microscopy and small angle scattering techniques for the characterisation of supramolecular gels

• Connor R. M. MacDonald and
• Emily R. Draper

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2608–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.220

• structures formed by the self-assembly of amino acid-appended perylene bisimides (PBIs) [83]. They found that the average fibre length was a critical nanostructural feature for affording a desirable mechanoresponsive property, that is the change in conductivity under a bending force, in PBI films. Therefore

Synthesis and characterization of 1,2,3,4-naphthalene and anthracene diimides

• Adam D. Bass,
• Daniela Castellanos,
• Xavier A. Calicdan and
• Dennis D. Cao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1767–1772, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.155

• robust polymers, supramolecular assemblies, and (opto)electronic materials. The vast majority of this research has focused on 1,2,4,5-benzene (pyromellitic), 1,4,5,8-naphthalene, and 3,4,9,10-perylene diimides. Beyond these, researchers have demonstrated that translocating the cyclic imides around the

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

• Pablo Msellem,
• Maksym Dekthiarenko,
• Nihal Hadj Seyd and
• Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

• solution. This concept was further developed with a bis-acridinium cyclophane [31] as a multiresponsive receptor for selective phase transfer. In organic media, this macrocyclic receptor presented an affinity for polyaromatic guests with strong selectivity for perylene. A reversible guest release was

• achieved by chemical (hydroxide/proton) or electrochemical (reduction/oxidation) stimuli allowing the enrichment of perylene from a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in phase-transfer experiments into a perfluorocarbon phase. Metal cation responsive tweezers In the early 2000s, Lehn and co

• . Vives and co-workers reported bis(platinum–salphen)terpyridine tweezers 20 that can intercalate in the U form extended aromatic guests such as coronene and perylene [52]. The opening of the tweezers with the addition of Zn2+ released the guest demonstrating an example of negative allosteric regulation

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

• Aissam Okba,
• Pablo Simón Marqués,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Naoki Aratani,
• Hiroko Yamada,
• Gwénaël Rapenne and
• Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

• , Yamada, Fukui, Shinokubo and co-workers tackled the synthesis of perylene bisimide (PBI), a valuable n-type semiconductor, via a “precursor approach” based on the late-stage extrusion of S-based fragments [57]. Dinaphthothiepine bisimides 3a and 3b, bearing octyl- and butylimide substituents respectively

• perylene moiety was next tested upon different stimuli, such as electron injection, thermal activation and photoirradiation. Importantly, the dinaphthothiepine S,S-dioxide, i.e., the sulfone soluble precursor 5, failed to deliver PBI whatever the activation mode (Scheme 4, bottom). For dinaphthothiepine 3

• reactive as a thin-film on a glass substrate, with the generation of the desired perylene upon photoirradiation with a blue LED (λ = 470 nm) [62]. Finally, cooperativity of light and heat was demonstrated on a crystalline sample of sulfoxide 4a, where photoirradiation enhanced the SO-extrusion process at

Perspectives on push–pull chromophores derived from click-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization reactions of electron-rich alkynes and electron-deficient alkenes

• Michio Yamada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 125–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.13

• processes. Analogously, the TCBDs 66 and 67, consisting of pyrene and perylene moieties, respectively, have been reported to exhibit luminescence in the NIR region in their powdered forms, with the maxima at 810 nm and 890 nm for 66 and 67, respectively, despite their nonemissive behavior in dichloromethane

Charge carrier transport in perylene-based and pyrene-based columnar liquid crystals

• Alessandro L. Alves,
• Simone V. Bernardino,
• Carlos H. Stadtlober,
• Edivandro Girotto,
• Giliandro Farias,
• Rodney M. do Nascimento,
• Sergio F. Curcio,
• Thiago Cazati,
• Marta E. R. Dotto,
• Juliana Eccher,
• Leonardo N. Furini,
• Hugo Gallardo,
• Harald Bock and
• Ivan H. Bechtold

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1755–1765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.128

• , 33600 Pessac, France 10.3762/bjoc.19.128 Abstract Electron and hole transport characteristics were evaluated for perylene-based and pyrene-based compounds using electron-only and hole-only devices. The perylene presented a columnar hexagonal liquid crystal phase at room temperature with strong

• the space charge limited regime of current vs voltage curves. The pyrene-based material demonstrated an electron mobility two orders of magnitude higher than the perylene one, indicating the potential of this class of materials as electron transporting layer. Keywords: charge carrier transport

• ; columnar liquid crystal; organic electronics; perylene; pyrene; Introduction Conjugated organic molecules have been widely investigated due to their interesting transport properties and promising applications as active layer in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs

A series of perylene diimide cathode interlayer materials for green solvent processing in conventional organic photovoltaics

• Kathryn M. Wolfe,
• Shahidul Alam,
• Eva German,
• Fahad N. Alduayji,
• Maryam Alqurashi,
• Frédéric Laquai and
• Gregory C. Welch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1620–1629, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.119

• new cathode interlayer (CIL) materials based on bay N-annulated perylene diimides. Starting from the previously reported N-annulated perylene diimide (PDIN-H), the N-position was functionalized with a benzyl and pentafluorobenzyl group to make PDIN-B and PDIN-FB, respectively. Similarly, starting from

• the previously reported cyanated N-annulated perylene diimide (CN-PDIN-H), the N-position was functionalized with a benzyl and pentafluorobenzyl group to make CN-PDIN-B and CN-PDIN-FB, respectively. The materials exhibit solubility in the green solvent, ethyl acetate, and thus were processed into thin

• they can be easily structurally characterized, have highly reproducible syntheses, and can exhibit high solubilities in common organic solvents for effective solution processing and thin film formation. Towards obtaining high-performance CIL materials, perylene diimides (PDIs) stand out as excellent

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

• qualitative description is used as per the report in question (e.g., ‘blue LEDs’). The König group first reported a photocatalytic approach to C(sp2)–X activation harnessing multiple photon energies in their seminal work on perylene diimide (PDI) catalysts [15]. In their proposed consecutive photoinduced

Phenanthridine–pyrene conjugates as fluorescent probes for DNA/RNA and an inactive mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme

• Josipa Matić,
• Tana Tandarić,
• Marijana Radić Stojković,
• Filip Šupljika,
• Zrinka Karačić,
• Ana Tomašić Paić,
• Lucija Horvat,
• Robert Vianello and
• Lidija-Marija Tumir

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 550–565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.40

• [15], pyrene–perylene [8]. For Phen-Py-1, the excimer formation was observed both upon excitation at 280 nm and 350 nm and it was found to be pH-dependent (Figure 1). Further, the excimer signal was observed in water, but not in methanol (Figure S5, Supporting Information File 1), due to a lower

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• ][29] and specialized on the specific types of organophotoredox catalysts, such as quinone derivatives [30][31], carbon nitrides [32][33], eosin [34][35][36], 4CzIPN [37][38], Bodipy derivatives [39], methylene blue [40], pyrylium salts [41], and perylene diimides [42]. Photochemical processes

In-depth characterization of self-healing polymers based on π–π interactions

• Josefine Meurer,
• Julian Hniopek,
• Johannes Ahner,
• Michael Schmitt,
• Jürgen Popp,
• Stefan Zechel,
• Kalina Peneva and
• Martin D. Hager

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2496–2504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.166

• synthesized utilizing a polycondensation of a perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride with polyether-based diamines and the resulting materials were investigated using various analytical techniques. Thus, the molecular structure of the polymers could be correlated with the ability for self-healing. Moreover, the

• literature reported procedure was utilized (see Scheme 1), which described the synthesis of polypropylene glycol-based polymers featuring aromatic diimides [23]. Following the procedure, perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride was converted with poly(propylene glycol) bis(2-aminopropyl ether) with a

• ) (PPG3-PEG39-PPG3) featuring also two amine groups as end groups. The molar mass of this reactant was 1900 g/mol. The conversion with perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride resulted in polymer P2. In both synthesis protocols imidazole was applied as a catalyst in order to obtain higher molar

Recent advances in the application of isoindigo derivatives in materials chemistry

• Andrei V. Bogdanov and
• Vladimir F. Mironov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1533–1564, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.111

• compound 9c led to a decrease in the efficiency to 2.82% [22]. Perylene diimide-derived isoindigo derivative 10 was used as an acceptor in the creation of a nonfullerene OSC with thiophene polymer 11 as a donor component (Scheme 8). The PCE value of such a device turned out to be 2.6%. Cho et al

• . constructed a three-component cell in which the active layer consisted of a donor 11 and a polymeric acceptor based on perylene diimide 12 [23]. One of the simplest thiophene derivatives of isoindigo 13 was used here only as an additive (10 wt %), leading to an increase in efficiency from 5.9% to 6.8% (Scheme

• components, the concept of creating one-component OSCs appeared [54]. Following this strategy, isoindigo was used as platform for the synthesis of compound 35a, combining acceptor (perylene diimide) and donor (polythiophene) fragments in the structure. Both polymers were obtained using the Stille cross

Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis

• Minzan Zuo,
• Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
• Kaiya Wang,
• Xueqi Tian and
• Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15

• occur within the CB[8] cavity via host–guest interactions, and thus predominantly produced the syn- instead of the anti-dimers. An alternative approach introduced by An et al. is about the 2:1 CB[7]–perylene diimide (PDI) host–guest-assisted reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT

• supramolecular PDI–CB[7] complex and structures of monomers and the chain transfer agent. Republished with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry from [48] (“Visible light induced aqueous RAFT polymerization using a supramolecular perylene diimide/cucurbit[7]uril complex” by Y. Yang et al., Polym. Chem

Control over size, shape, and photonics of self-assembled organic nanocrystals

• Chen Shahar,
• Yaron Tidhar,
• Yunmin Jung,
• Haim Weissman,
• Sidney R. Cohen,
• Ronit Bitton,
• Iddo Pinkas,
• Gilad Haran and
• Boris Rybtchinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 42–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.5

• for Nanoscale Science and Nanotechnology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel 10.3762/bjoc.17.5 Abstract The facile fabrication of free-floating organic nanocrystals (ONCs) was achieved via the kinetically controlled self-assembly of simple perylene diimide building blocks in aqueous

• ). Convenient control over the structure and function of organic nanocrystals can enhance their utility in new and developed technologies. Keywords: aromatic amphiphiles; exciton diffusion; organic nanocrystals; perylene diimides; self-assembly; Introduction Semiconductor and metal nanoparticles exhibit size

• devices [4][5][6]. The development of the reprecipitation method [7] allowed the facile fabrication of (often crystalline) organic nano- and microparticles based on polydiacetylene [8], pyrazoline [9], perylene [10], and other molecules. In several cases, size-dependent absorption was reported [11][12][13

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

• ][188][189][190]. Supramolecular photocatalysts are an interesting class of materials which utilise non-bonding interactions to control photochemical processes, a biomimetic strategy that imitates enzyme catalysis [191]. Supramolecular self-assemblies and coordination polymers based on perylene diimide

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• a second PET (PET2). With this strategy, the authors could reduce a broad variety of aryl halides 13.1 using N,N-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-bis(dicarboximide), (PDI, OD20) as a conPET photocatalyst for the generation of an aryl radical (box 2). The latter could be hydrogenated or

Direct borylation of terrylene and quaterrylene

• Haruka Kano,
• Keiji Uehara,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Hironobu Hayashi,
• Hiroko Yamada and
• Naoki Aratani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.58

• photovoltaic components, the scalable synthesis of pure soluble compounds is essential. Recently, facile preparation methods of terrylene [8] and quaterrylene [9] were reported, after 50 years from the first reports, respectively [10][11]. Friedel–Crafts ring condensation reaction of 3-(1-naphthyl)perylene

• quite limited because they must suffer the harsh conditions of the rylene skeleton preparation. Basic reactivity of rylenes with electrophiles is predicted from perylene in which the most reactive sites are the 3,4,9,10-positions [21]. On the other hand, the regioselectivity of the iridium (Ir

• )-catalyzed direct C–H borylation [22][23][24][25] gives 2,5,8,11-tetraborylated perylene [26]. The regioselectivity of the perylene borylation is determined by the steric factors rather than by the electron distribution in the arene and this regioselectivity complements that of electrophilic substitutions

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

• -free ATRP strategy [132][133][134][135][136][137]. Latter reference provided a comprehensive overview demonstrating the function of phenothiazine derivatives, perylene, diaryl dihydrophenazines, anthracene or pyrene. In addition, type II photoinitiators including benzophenone, and thioxanthones were

1,2,3-Triazolium macrocycles in supramolecular chemistry

• Mastaneh Safarnejad Shad,
• Pulikkal Veettil Santhini and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2142–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.211

• highest affinity of this receptor was for acetate (Ka = 1.5 × 105 M−1) and dihydrogen phosphate (Ka = 4.5 × 104 M−1). Because of the excellent properties of perylene diimide (PDI) as a chromophore, fluorophore, or redox center, this unit has become increasingly popular in the construction of

Naphthalene diimides with improved solubility for visible light photoredox catalysis

• Barbara Reiß and
• Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2043–2051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.201

• easily incorporated into the core structure in order to tune optical and redox properties. Naphthalene diimides (NDIs) as the smallest possible rylene dyes are such an important class of organic dyes. In contrast to their bigger homologs perylene diimides which were rarely used for photoredox catalysis

Synthesis, enantioseparation and photophysical properties of planar-chiral pillar[5]arene derivatives bearing fluorophore fragments

• Guojuan Li,
• Chunying Fan,
• Guo Cheng,
• Wanhua Wu and
• Cheng Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1601–1611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.164

• of 89.5%. This is comparable to the monomer DPA-6, while P5A-Py with two perylene (Py) pigments grafted on the pillar[5]arene showed a significantly reduced quantum yield of 46.4% vs 78.2% for the monomer Py-6. The oxygen-through-annulus rotation of the phenolic units was inhibited for both compounds

• quantum yield are beneficial for the application of pillar[5]arene in these fields. Perylene (Py) and 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) are well known for their desirable absorption and high fluorescence quantum yield. These chromophores possess unique photophysical properties and have been widely used as

• quantum yield was significantly decreased to 46.4% compared with 78.2% for Py-6. We ascribed the decreased fluorescence of P5A-Py to the π–π stacking of the Py units caused by the high local concentration of perylene. For P5A-DPA, which also bears two DPA units in one macrocyclic host, the fluorescent

Selective detection of DABCO using a supramolecular interconversion as fluorescence reporter

• Indrajit Paul,
• Debabrata Samanta,
• Sudhakar Gaikwad and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1371–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.137

• fluorescence at λ = 602 nm. Ligands, such as pyrazine, 2-chloropyrazine, 1,4-dimethylpiperazine, anthracene, pyrene, coronene, perylene, and perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride were compared to DABCO. Only in presence of DABCO the fluorescence maximum was shifted to λ = 618 nm along with the color