Issue 78, 2023

Donor–acceptor complex formation by social self-sorting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and perylene bisimides

Abstract

Self-assembly versus complexation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) guest molecules is studied for a series of perylene bisimides (PBIs). Bulky imide substituents at the PBI guide their self-assembly into dimer aggregates with null-type exciton coupling. Host–guest titration experiments with perylene and triphenylene PAHs afford 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes whose properties are studied by single crystal X-ray analysis and UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy.

Graphical abstract: Donor–acceptor complex formation by social self-sorting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and perylene bisimides

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 7 2023
Accepted
31 8 2023
First published
31 8 2023

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 11656-11659

Donor–acceptor complex formation by social self-sorting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and perylene bisimides

S. Soldner, O. Anhalt, M. B. Sárosi, M. Stolte and F. Würthner, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 11656 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03704E

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