Volume 52, Issue 38 pp. 9966-9969
Communication

BN-Dibenzo[a,o]picenes: Analogues of an Unknown Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Dr. Benedikt Neue

Dr. Benedikt Neue

Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada) http://www.ucalgary.ca/wpiers

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Juan F. Araneda

Juan F. Araneda

Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada) http://www.ucalgary.ca/wpiers

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Prof. Warren E. Piers

Corresponding Author

Prof. Warren E. Piers

Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada) http://www.ucalgary.ca/wpiers

Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada) http://www.ucalgary.ca/wpiers===Search for more papers by this author
Masood Parvez

Masood Parvez

Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada) http://www.ucalgary.ca/wpiers

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First published: 29 July 2013
Citations: 85

Funding for this work was provided by NSERC of Canada in the form of a Discovery Grant to W.E.P. W.E.P. also thanks the Canada Council of the Arts for a Killam Research Fellowship (2012–2014). B.N. thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financial support in the form of a Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Graphical Abstract

Reflecting on synthetic pinnacles: Whereas the parent hydrocarbon is not readily accessible, several examples of BN substituted-dibenzo[a,o]picenes can be prepared in two steps from known starting materials. These non-linear heptacene analogues are water-stable materials. Their preparation utilizes a potentially general method for preparing extended BN analogues of difficult-to-synthesize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon frameworks.

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