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  • Scalable synthesis of quaterrylene: solution-phase 1H NMR spectroscopy of its oxidative dication.

Scalable synthesis of quaterrylene: solution-phase 1H NMR spectroscopy of its oxidative dication.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2013-09-04)
Rajesh Thamatam, Sarah L Skraba, Richard P Johnson
ABSTRACT

Quaterrylene is prepared in a single reaction and high yield by Scholl-type coupling of perylene, utilizing trifluoromethanesulfonic acid as catalyst and DDQ or molecular oxygen as oxidant. Dissolution in 1 M triflic acid/dichloroethane with sonication yields the aromatic quaterrylene oxidative dication, which is characterized by its (1)H NMR spectrum.