In analogy to other aromatic systems, nucleophilic aromatic substitution can also take place, depending on the substituents on the aromatic ring. For instance, 4,4′-dibromophenyl DPP 24 can react with amines at high temperatures in polar solvents to give 4,4′-diaminosubstituted DPP 26 as illustrated in Scheme 11.9 [32].
Scheme 11.8
11.4.3
W-Alkylation
The alkylation of the heterocyclic DPP moiety by alkyl halides or alkyl sulfonates yielded predominantly N-alkylated products, as exemplified by the N-methylation ofdiphenyl-DPP 2 (Scheme 11.10) [11, 16].
As a direct consequence of N-alkylation excluding the possibility of intermolecular hydrogen bond formation in the solid state, the solubilities of DPPs were drastically raised upon N-substitution (e. g., solubility in DMF at 25 °C: 100 mg/l for 2, whereas 3300 mg/l for 27). Most of the N-substituted DPP derivatives fluoresced strongly, and with appropriately substituted derivatives Stokes’ shifts of up to 70 nm at fluorescence quantum yields of up to 95% have been reported (see Section 11.3.2).
11.4.4