Pyrene-Fused Xanthone Derivatives: Synthesis, Emission Properties and Stimuli-Responsive Behavior

Zihao Tang; Xiaoxuan Lin; Shan Liang; Zhenkai Na; Junru Chen; Carl Redshaw; Feng Xing

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286

Pyrene-Fused Xanthone Derivatives: Synthesis, Emission Properties and Stimuli-Responsive Behavior

Zihao Tang
, Xiaoxuan Lin
, Shan Liang
, Zhenkai Na
, Junru Chen (Lead Author)
, Carl Redshaw
, Feng Xing (Lead Author)

School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Abstract

We present a facile molecular strategy to expand the π-conjugation of pyrene to achieve a series of novel pyrene-fused xanthone derivatives via acid-catalyzed cyclization and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. These pyrene-fused xanthone compounds exhibit terminal group-dependent color-tunable emission behavior in the aggregated state with acid-responsive emission behavior.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9214-9219
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	29
Early online date	15 Jul 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2026

Keywords

Pyrene
emission

Access to Document

10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286Licence: Unspecified

Cite this

@article{b70dd15497d4471a8e9165dda78cf1a0,

title = "Pyrene-Fused Xanthone Derivatives: Synthesis, Emission Properties and Stimuli-Responsive Behavior",

abstract = "We present a facile molecular strategy to expand the π-conjugation of pyrene to achieve a series of novel pyrene-fused xanthone derivatives via acid-catalyzed cyclization and Suzuki{\textendash}Miyaura coupling. These pyrene-fused xanthone compounds exhibit terminal group-dependent color-tunable emission behavior in the aggregated state with acid-responsive emission behavior.",

keywords = "Pyrene, emission",

author = "Zihao Tang and Xiaoxuan Lin and Shan Liang and Zhenkai Na and Junru Chen and Carl Redshaw and Feng Xing",

note = "Data Availability: The data underlying this study are available in the published article and its Supporting Information.",

year = "2026",

month = jul,

day = "24",

doi = "10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286",

language = "English",

volume = "28",

pages = "9214--9219",

journal = "Organic Letters",

issn = "1523-7060",

publisher = "American Chemical Society",

number = "29",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pyrene-Fused Xanthone Derivatives: Synthesis, Emission Properties and Stimuli-Responsive Behavior

AU - Tang, Zihao

AU - Lin, Xiaoxuan

AU - Liang, Shan

AU - Na, Zhenkai

AU - Chen, Junru

AU - Redshaw, Carl

AU - Xing, Feng

N1 - Data Availability: The data underlying this study are available in the published article and its Supporting Information.

PY - 2026/7/24

Y1 - 2026/7/24

N2 - We present a facile molecular strategy to expand the π-conjugation of pyrene to achieve a series of novel pyrene-fused xanthone derivatives via acid-catalyzed cyclization and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. These pyrene-fused xanthone compounds exhibit terminal group-dependent color-tunable emission behavior in the aggregated state with acid-responsive emission behavior.

AB - We present a facile molecular strategy to expand the π-conjugation of pyrene to achieve a series of novel pyrene-fused xanthone derivatives via acid-catalyzed cyclization and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. These pyrene-fused xanthone compounds exhibit terminal group-dependent color-tunable emission behavior in the aggregated state with acid-responsive emission behavior.

KW - Pyrene

KW - emission

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105045891088

U2 - 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286

DO - 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02286

M3 - Letter

SN - 1523-7060

VL - 28

SP - 9214

EP - 9219

JO - Organic Letters

JF - Organic Letters

IS - 29

ER -

Pyrene-Fused Xanthone Derivatives: Synthesis, Emission Properties and Stimuli-Responsive Behavior

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this