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The deeper it goes, the brighter it glows: NIR emissive nitro-terrylene diimides with deep LUMOs.

Kundan Singh MehraShivangee JhaAnila M MenonDeepak ChopraJeyaraman Sankar
Published in: Chemical science (2023)
Herein, we present the first examples of air-stable, deep-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) polycyclic aromatic molecules with emission in the near-infrared (NIR) region, using nitration as a strategy. Despite the fact that nitroaromatics are non-emissive, the choice of a comparatively electron-rich terrylene core proved to be beneficial for achieving fluorescence in these molecules. The extent of nitration proportionately stabilized the LUMOs. Tetra-nitrated terrylene diimide exhibited a deep-LUMO (≤-4.5 eV) of -5.0 eV vs. Fc/Fc + , the lowest for any larger RDIs. These are also the only examples of emissive nitro-RDIs, with larger quantum yields.
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