Enhanced π-frustration in carbo-benzenic chromophores

Iaroslav Baglai (1, 2) , Valérie Maraval (1) , Christian Bijani (1) , N. Saffon-Merceron (3) , Zoia Vsevolodivna Voitenko (2) , Yulian Mikhailovich Volovenko (2) , Rémi Chauvin (1)

1 LCC - Laboratoire de chimie de coordination
2 KNU [Kiev]
3 ICT - Institut de Chimie de Toulouse

The synthesis, structure, and absorption spectra of highly π-frustrated carbo-benzenes with indolic enamine substituents more or less directly conjugated to the C18 macro-aromatic core are described, and their peculiar reactivity is analyzed.

Domaines: Chimie de coordination; Catalyse

Iaroslav Baglai, Valérie Maraval, Christian Bijani, N. Saffon-Merceron, Zoia Vsevolodivna Voitenko, et al.. Enhanced π-frustration in carbo-benzenic chromophores. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49 (75), pp.8374-8376. ⟨10.1039/C3CC43204A⟩. ⟨hal-00994395⟩