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Frontispiece: Recent Advances in the Core‐Annulation of Naphthalene Diimides
Author(s) -
Insuasty Alberto,
Maniam Subashani,
Langford Steven J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201982962
Subject(s) - annulation , naphthalene , annulene , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , catalysis
Naphthalene diimides (NDIs) are robust, planar molecules with tuneable electronic properties. Their electron deficient polycyclic aromatic structure yields high electron affinity and a capability of self‐assembly to form higher architectures. Functionalisation may dramatically change the photophysical properties of the NDIs. One effective way used to control the opto/electronic properties of NDIs is to extend the π‐system with fused aromatic or heteroaromatic rings (annulenes), which lead to a subclass of annulated NDIs. For a systematic outlook on the synthetic strategies used to make the diverse variety of core‐annulated systems, see the Minireview by S. J. Langford et al. on page 7058 ff.