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DOI: 10.1055/a-1616-5643
Imide-Functionalized Helical PAHs: A Step towards New Chiral Functional Materials
This project has received funding from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg within the “Excellent Ideas” program.
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Dedicated to Professor Klaus Müllen
Abstract
Attachment of cyclic imide groups to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) leads to fascinating electronic and luminescence properties, with rylene diimides being a representative example. The close to unity fluorescence quantum yields and electron-acceptor properties render them suitable for application in organic electronics and photovoltaics. Recent reports show that, in line with planar PAHs, the imide functionalization has also endowed helical three-dimensional PAHs with similar beneficial photophysical properties. In this article, we have summarized the state-of-the-art research developments in the field of helicene–imide hybrid functional molecules, with a particular focus on synthesis, (chir)optical and redox properties, and applications in electronics. Additionally, we have highlighted our recent work, introducing a novel family of functional chiral molecules, namely, [n]helicene diimides, as three-dimensional relatives of rylene diimides.
Key words
chirality - helicenes - [n]helicene diimides - rylene diimides - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - functional organic materialsPublication History
Received: 26 July 2021
Accepted after revision: 27 August 2021
Accepted Manuscript online:
27 August 2021
Article published online:
28 September 2021
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