Synthesis of blue emissive functionalized 9,9-disubstituted fluorene derivatives via BF3·OEt2 mediated reaction of co-planar 9-(phenylethynyl)-9H-fluoren-9-ols with isatin imines
A BF3·Et2O mediated reaction of co-planar 9-(phenylethynyl)-9H-fluoren-9-ol with various isatin imines afforded title compounds in excellent yield. The products showed luminescence in the blue region with large Stokes shift.