Synthesis of dipolar molecular rotors as linkers for metal-organic frameworks

• Sebastian Hamer,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Marius Jakoby,
• Ian A. Howard,
• Xianghui Zhang,
• Christian Näther and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1331–1338, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.132

• linkers in MOFs with potential applications as ferroelectric materials and for optical signal processing. Keywords: benzothiadiazole; dipolar rotor; fluorescence; large dipole moment; metal organic framework linker; Introduction Rotors are among the fundamental functional units in engineering in our