Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, P. Valdena Str. 3, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Evans Griškjāns
Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, P. Valdena Str. 3, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Marija Cvetinska
Institute of Technology of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, P. Valdena Str. 3, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Elena Kirilova
Department of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia
The present work describes the facile synthesis of 3-(phenylethynyl)-7H-benzo[de]anthracen-7-one via a Sonogashira coupling reaction. The structure of the synthesized benzanthrone derivative is characterized by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The photophysical properties of the title compound are investigated by means of UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy in various organic solvents.
