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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Azulene-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis, Structural, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of Azuleno[1,2,3-cd]Benzo[mn]Pyrene-8,14-diones and Cyclohepta[1,2]Indeno[6,5,4-de]Anthracen-9-ones.

Ryunosuke Ishikawa, Miku Yoshida, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Ryuta Sekiguchi, Shunji Ito, Taku Shoji

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Synthesis of azulene fluorophores reveals structure-property relationships.Organic chemistry frontiers : an international journal of organic chemistry · 2026
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Ryunosuke IshikawaDepartment of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Fukushima, Japan.
Miku YoshidaDepartment of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Fukushima, Japan.
Shigeki MoriAdvanced Research Support Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6731-2357
Tetsuo OkujimaGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-2606
Ryuta SekiguchiGraduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan.
Shunji ItoGraduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan.
Taku ShojiDepartment of Chemical Biology and Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Fukushima, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8176-2389

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JSPS 25K08627
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a modular synthesis of anthracene-based azulene-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from 2-chloroazulenes via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with 9-anthracenyl organoboron reagents, followed by Brønsted acid-promoted intramolecular annulation. The cyclization pathway was significantly influenced by the reaction medium: Eaton's reagent afforded doubly annulated products, whereas methanesulfonic acid preferentially gave mono-cyclized products through the annulation accompanied by decarboxylation. In one notable case, additional Scholl-type cyclization resulted in the formation of a more extensively fused naphtho[2,1-a]aceanthrylene analogue. Spectroscopic, crystallographic, and TD-DFT studies revealed that the appended 10-aryl substituents adopt orientations that are almost perpendicular to the fused core. This means that they have little influence on the neutral-state frontier electronic structure. Accordingly, most derivatives showed similar visible absorption profiles, whereas naphtho[2,1-a]aceanthrylene analogue exhibited substantially red-shifted absorption because of its expanded fused π-system. Under acidic conditions, both series displayed pronounced halochromic and fluorochromic behavior, including long-wavelength to near-infrared emission, and

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azulenecyclizationelectrochemistryfluorescencepolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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PMID42179324
PMCPMC13532162

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