Michael Kremer, Maximilian Kersten and Sigurd Höger
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1825-1829
DOI:
10.1039/C8QO00222C,
Research Article
The copper(II)-catalyzed direct amination of perylene diimides (PDIs) and naphthalene diimides (NDIs) with 1,2-diamino compounds leads to vicinal diaminated dyes that are not accessible by the classical route for the amino functionalization via bromination and nucleophilic substitution.