Easy and Efficient synthesis of Electron-Deficient N-Heterocyclic Systems and of Azulene-Based N-Heteropolycycles from Existing Building Blocks (A03)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 281029004

The project aims on the modular synthesis of N-heterocyclic scaffolds. Key intermediates of the first two funding periods will now be used to access new structures with a special focus on turning electron-rich into electron-deficient systems. For example, molecular editing procedures will transfer pyrrol or indole substructures into pyridine or pyrimidine substructures. In addition, we will incorporate azulene substructures into N-heteropolycyclic structures to replace naphthalene units by the isomeric but now non-alternating azulene π-system. The effects onto the materials properties of all new structures will be analyzed in cooperation with our SFB partners in iterative processes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1249: N-Heteropolycycles as Functional Materials
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi