Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 28(51), p. 6115-6118
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10132d
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The regioselective, orthogonal functionalisation of 4,10-dichlorochrysene enables the synthesis of a variety of 2,8,4,10-"A2B2"-tetrasubstituted chrysenes. Such compounds exhibit broadened UV-vis absorption spectra, decreased band gap and higher HOMO levels compared to the parent chrysene.