Facile synthesis and characterization of novel coronene chromophores and their application to LCD color filters

New coronene derivatives, diphenylcoronene tetracarboxdiimide and monophenylbenzoperylene tetracarboxdiimide, were synthesized from N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,7-dibromoperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxdiimide via a one-step reaction. The suggested synthetic route is the simplest and most economical among the methods to extend the aromatic systems along the short molecular axis of perylene. The synthesized molecules exhibited superior stability and color strength as yellow chromophores. They were characterized by significant hypsochromic shifts of the absorption compared to perylene tetracarboxdiimide and high fluorescence quantum yields.

► Novel coronene derivatives synthesized by one-step reaction. ► Large hypsochromic shifts of the absorption and high fluorescence quantum yields. ► Exhibit superior stability and color strength as yellow chromophores. ► Successfully applied as a yellow compensating dye for LCD color filters.