Regioselective addition/annulation of ferrocenyl thioamides with 1,3-diynes a sulfur-transfer rearrangement to construct extended π-conjugated ferrocenes with luminescent properties.

Herein a regioselective addition/annulation strategy of ferrocenyl (Fc) thioamides with alkynes to construct thienylferrocene (ThienylFc) structures, involving a rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation, an unusual C2-selective addition of 1,3-diyne, and an unexpected intramolecular sulfur-transfer rearrangement process is described. In this protocol, thioamide not only serves as a directing group to activate the -C-H bond of the ferrocene, but also as a sulfur source to form the thiophene ring. The resulting carboxylic ester group after sulfur transfer can act as a linkage to construct extended π-conjugated ferrocenes (OCTFc) with luminescent properties.

Oxidative C-H/C-H Cross-Coupling of [1,2,4]Triazolo[1,5- a]pyrimidines with Indoles and Pyrroles: Discovering Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) Fluorophores.

A highly efficient Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative C-H/C-H cross-coupling of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5- a]pyrimidines (TAP) with indoles and pyrroles has been developed, which provides an opportunity to rapidly assemble a large library of novel excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophores. The resulting 7-(pyrrol-2-yl)TAPs only show the enol-form emission, while 7-(indol-2-yl)TAPs would undergo an ESIPT process and mainly exhibit the keto-form emission. In highly polar solvents, the enol-form emission of 7-(indol-2-yl)TAPs is enhanced significantly, thus showing the dual emission of enol and keto forms.

Tandem Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Heteroarylation of Indolyl Ketones and Cu(II)-Promoted Intramolecular Cyclization: One-Pot Access to Blue-Emitting Phenanthrone-Type Polyheterocycles.

Disclosed herein is a highly efficient one-pot synthetic strategy to phenanthrone-type polyheterocycles via tandem rhodium(III)-catalyzed ortho-C-H heteroarylation of indolyl ketones and copper(II)-promoted intramolecular cyclization. This protocol enables a library of blue-emitting fluorophores with high quantum yields and narrow full widths at half-maximum to be rapidly built from readily available substrates, among of which 6,6,7,9,12-pentamethyl-6,12-dihydro-5 H-benzofuro[2,3- a]carbazol-5-one (4a) exhibits pure blue emission with Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage coordinates of (0.15, 0.