Scheme 2.
Synthesis of a coronene bisimide amphiphile using Diels–Alder cycloaddition to the bay region of perylene [126]. Reagents and conditions: (a) p-chloranil, 240 °C, 10 min, Y = 99%; (b) dodecylamine, DMF, rfx, 12 h, Y = 68%; (c) maleic anhydride, p-chloranil, 240 °C, 4 days, Y = not reported; and (d) glycolamine, DMF, rfx, 12 h, Y = 42%.
