Extending the scope of the carbonyl facilitated triplet excited state towards visible light excitation

Shinaj K. Rajagopal, Nagaraj K., Somadrita Deb, Vinayak Bhat, Devika Sasikumar, Ebin Sebastian, Mahesh Hariharan
2018 Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP  
A series of extended π-conjugated benzophenone analogs was synthesized through a facile Lewis-acid catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction in order to exploit the integral triplet state properties of benzophenone.
doi:10.1039/c8cp01023d pmid:29974079 fatcat:hvr7bssah5huzcclxe3j4rw3va