Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Perylene Monoimide Derivatives

A fast and efficient method for the synthesis of aromatic amine modified perylene monoimide derivatives based on microwave-assisted reaction was developed.It is found that the amount of 2,6-diisopropylaniline showed very important influences on the synthetic yield.N-2',6'-Diisopropylanilino-3,4-perylene monoimide (PMI-1) was obtained with the isolated yield of 64.1% under the optimized condition of 7 equiv. of 2,6-diisopropylaniline at 170 ℃ and 80 W for 30 min.Keywords perylene