Synthesis of Highly Emissive Fluorophores Based on Multiply Stacked Anthracene Arrangement

Abstract

AbstractNewly designed fluorophore systems with feather‐like structures were constructed by connecting bisanthracene building units via a concise reaction sequence of bromination, etherification, and desilylation. Spectroscopic characterizations revealed that all of the fluorophore systems achieved high light absorptivity and high emission efficiency by preventing closely spaced anthracene chromophores from mutual interactions to reduce concomitant energy loss by fluorescence quenching. The application of fluorophore systems for the preparation of light‐harvesting dyad materials has successfully demonstrated their potential utility as versatile photofunctional tools.