Recent developments in and perspectives on three-coordinate boron materials: a bright future

L Ji, S Griesbeck, TB Marder - Chemical Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The empty pz-orbital of a three-coordinate organoboron compound leads to its electron-
deficient properties, which make it an excellent π-acceptor in conjugated organic …

(Hetero) arene-fused boroles: a broad spectrum of applications

J He, F Rauch, M Finze, TB Marder - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
(Hetero) arene-fused boroles are a class of compounds containing a 5-membered boron
diene-ring. Based on their molecular framework, the (hetero) arene-fused boroles can be …

Experimental and theoretical studies of the photophysical properties of 2-and 2, 7-functionalized pyrene derivatives

AG Crawford, AD Dwyer, Z Liu, A Steffen… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Pyrene derivatives substituted at the 2-and 2, 7-positions are shown to display a set of
photophysical properties different from those of derivatives substituted at the 1-position. It …

Synthesis of 2‐and 2, 7‐Functionalized Pyrene Derivatives: An Application of Selective C H Borylation

AG Crawford, Z Liu, IAI Mkhalid… - … A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient synthetic route to 2‐and 2, 7‐substituted pyrenes is described. The regiospecific
direct C H borylation of pyrene with an iridium‐based catalyst, prepared in situ by the …

Effect of π-conjugation spacer (CC) on the first hyperpolarizabilities of polymeric chain containing polyoxometalate cluster as a side-chain pendant: A DFT study

MRSA Janjua, MU Khan, B Bashir, MA Iqbal… - Computational and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new class of π-spacer conjugated donor–acceptor polyoxometalate (POM) cluster
covalently attached to the side chain of conjugated polymer, based on the strong electron …

Effect of thiophene rings on UV/visible spectra and non‐linear optical (NLO) properties of triphenylamine based dyes: a quantum chemical perspective

A Mahmood, SUD Khan, UA Rana… - Journal of Physical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, density functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent DFT (TD‐DFT) theory are
use to shed light on how the number of thiophene rings in π‐conjugated system influence …

Tuning the π-bridge of quadrupolar triarylborane chromophores for one-and two-photon excited fluorescence imaging of lysosomes in live cells

S Griesbeck, E Michail, C Wang, H Ogasawara… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of tetracationic quadrupolar chromophores containing three-coordinate boron π-
acceptors linked by different π-bridges, namely 4, 4′-biphenyl, 2, 7-pyrene, 2, 7-fluorene, 3 …

Charge-transfer emitting triarylborane π-electron systems

SY Li, ZB Sun, CH Zhao - Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Triarylboranes have attracted significantly increasing research interest as a remarkable
class of photoelectronic π-electron materials. Because of the presence of vacant p orbital on …

D–π–A Triarylboron compounds with tunable push–pull character achieved by modification of both the donor and acceptor moieties

Z Zhang, RM Edkins, J Nitsch, K Fucke… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The push–pull character of a series of donor–bithienyl–acceptor compounds has been
tuned by adopting triphenylamine or 1, 1, 7, 7‐tetramethyljulolidine as a donor and B (2, 6 …

Optical and electronic properties of air-stable organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis (fluoromesityl) boryl groups

Z Zhang, RM Edkins, J Nitsch, K Fucke, A Steffen… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Three compounds with phenyl (1), 4-tert-butylphenyl (2) and 4-N, N-diphenylaminophenyl
(3) groups attached to bis (fluoromesityl) boryl ((FMes) 2B) through B–C bonds have been …