Difuryl(supermesityl)borane: a versatile building block for extended π-conjugated materials.
Nicolas A RienschLars FritzeTobias SchindlerMarius KremerHolger HeltenPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2018)
Direct functionalization and Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of difuryl(supermesityl)borane (1) led to highly emissive organoborane compounds 3 and 4. Photophysical and TD-DFT studies reveal an increase of the HOMO levels with higher hetarene content and stabilization of the HOMO and LUMO levels through B-doping, leading to very robust, air-stable electron-accepting materials.