@article { , title = {Regio-selective substitution at the 1,3- and 6,8-positions of pyrene for the construction of small dipolar molecules}, abstract = {© 2015 American Chemical Society. This article presents a novel asymmetrical functionalization strategy for the construction of dipolar molecules via efficient regioselective functionalization along the Z-axis of pyrene at both the 1,3- and 6,8-positions. Three asymmetrical ly substituted 1,3-diphenyl-6,8-R-disubsituted pyrenes were fully characterized by X-ray crystallography, photophysical properties, electrochemistry, and density functional theory calculations.}, doi = {10.1021/acs.joc.5b02128}, eissn = {1520-6904}, issn = {0022-3263}, issue = {21}, journal = {Journal of organic chemistry}, pages = {10973-10978}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, url = {https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/412902}, volume = {80}, keyword = {Specialist Research - Other, Dipolar molecules, Regioselective functionalization}, year = {2015}, author = {Feng, Xing and Tomiyasu, Hirotsugu and Hu, Jian-Yong and Wei, Xianfu and Redshaw, Carl and Elsegood, Mark R. J. and Horsburgh, Lynne and Teat, Simon J. and Yamato, Takehiko} }