Publications by authors named "Chaowu Lu"

D-A type axially chiral biphenyl luminescent molecules are directly constructed through ingenious functionalization of the octahydro-binaphthol skeleton without optical resolution. The circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes based on them display remarkable circularly polarized electroluminescence emission, a high luminance of >10 000 cd m, a maximum external quantum efficiency of 6.6%, and an extremely low-efficiency roll-off.

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Recently, boron (B)/nitrogen (N)-embedded polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), characterized by multiple resonances (MR), have attracted significant attention owing to their remarkable features of efficient narrowband emissions with small full width at half maxima (FWHMs). However, developing ultra-narrowband pure-green emitters that comply with the Broadcast Service Television 2020 (BT2020) standard remains challenging. Precise regulation of the MR distribution regions allows simultaneously achieving the emission maximum, FWHM value, and spectral shape that satisfy the BT2020 standard.

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Herein, a base metal-enabled chemodivergent cyclization of propargylamines for the atom-economic construction of nitrogen heterocycles has been developed. Due to the different modes of activation of metal to propargylamine, copper-catalyzed 6 cyclization generates functionalized 2-substitued quinoline-4-carboxylates, while iron-promoted cascade amino Claisen rearrangement, aromatization, and aza-Michael addition afford diverse 2-substituted indole-3-carboxylate derivatives. Excellent selectivity, broad functional group tolerance, mild conditions, and flexible late-stage functionalization illustrate the high efficiency and synthetic utility of this chemodivergent reaction.

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Article Synopsis
  • The research focuses on creating new organic reactions that are efficient in atom economy and highly selective, particularly using propargylamines as a key component.
  • Successful palladium-catalyzed and base-promoted reactions lead to the formation of functionalized quinoline heterocycles and diverse 1-azadienes, achieving high yields (up to 93%) and good tolerance for various functional groups.
  • The resulting compounds from these reactions are valuable and can be easily transformed into other useful materials, demonstrating the effectiveness of these selective reactions.
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