Fully fused boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: their synthesis, structure-property relationships, and self-assembly behavior in aqueous media.

ABSTRACT: Planarized triarylboranes are attracting increasing attention not only as models of boron-doped graphenes, but also as promising materials for organic optoelectronics. In particular, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) skeletons with embedded boron atom(s) in the inner positions are of importance in light of their high chemical stability and π-stacking ability derived from their planar geometries. Herein, we disclose a robust synthesis of such fully fused boron-doped PAHs and their self-assembly behavior in aqueous media to explore their potential utility in biological applications. The synthesis using in situ-generated planar diarylboranes as a key precursor afforded a series of fully fused boron-doped PAHs, even including an amphiphilic derivative with hydrophilic side chains. T

SUBMITTER: Narita H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature