Chemical Communications

A cyclodextrin-insulated anthracene rotaxane with enhanced fluorescence and photostability

MT Stone, HL Anderson

Index: Stone, Matthew T.; Anderson, Harry L. Chemical Communications, 2007 , # 23 p. 2387 - 2389

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Abstract

Linear acenes are polycyclic aromatic molecules that have applications as organic materials for field-effect transistors 1–7 and light emitting diodes (LEDs). 8 These compounds are difficult to work with due to their insolubility and instability, both of which become worse with increasing length. 9 We propose a supramolecular strategy to stabilize linear acenes by insulating the reactive central aromatic rings inside cyclodextrin macrocycles. This approach should be ...