2,3-Dibromonaphthalene

CAS Number 13214-70-5

Chemistry Building Blocks, Materials, Monomers, Non-Heterocyclic Building Blocks

Dihalogenated naphthalene compound can be a suitable host for fluorescent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons molecules

Also used as a building block leading to more complex structures in application of organic electronics.

Specifications | MSDS | Literature and Reviews

2,3-Dibromonaphthalene (2,3-DBN), CAS number 13214-70-5, is another useful intermediate and isomer of dibromonaphthalene with two heavy bromo substituents sitting next to each other around the naphthalene ring.

X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the crystal structure of 2,3-dibromonaphthalene is ordered where the weak and directional forces generate the herringbone packing of the constituting molecules. For this reason, 2,3-dibromonaphthalene is employed as a suitable host for fluorescent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) molecules. Single molecules of terrylene in 2,3-dibromonaphthalene crystallise also in a herringbone pattern, directed by the 2,3-dibromonaphthalene host.

Naphthalene building block

for the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organic photovoltaic materials

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Capped with bromides

for facile coupling reactions

High purity

>98% Purity

General Information

CAS Number	13214-70-5
Chemical Formula	C₁₀H₆Br₂
Full Name	2,3-Dibromonaphthalene
Molecular Weight	285.97 g/mol
Synonyms	2,3-DBN
Classification / Family	Naphthalenes, Semiconductor synthesis intermediates, Low band gap polymers, OLED, OFETs, organic photovoltaics

Chemical Structure

Product Details

Purity	>98% (¹H NMR)
Melting Point	T_m = 142 °C
Appearance	White to off-white powder/crystals

MSDS Documentation

2,3-Dibromonaphthalene MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews

A Highly Warped Heptagon-Containing sp2 Carbon Scaffold via Vinylnaphthyl π-Extension, J. Farrell et al., Angew.Chem., 131, 16656–16659 (2019); DOI:10.1002/ange.201909975.
Matrix-induced Linear Stark Effect of Single Dibenzoterrylene Molecules in 2,3-Dibromonaphthalene Crystal, A. Moradi et al., ChemPhysChem, 20,55–61 (2019); DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800937.
Spectra and nature of the electronic excited states of 2,3-dibromonaphthalene single crystals, I. Deperasińska et al., J. Lumin., 213, 108-116 (2019); DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.05.011.

A convenient generation of 2,3-naphthalyne. Linear annulation of naphthalene and a new naphthacene synthesis, C. LeHoullier et al., J. Org. Chem., 48, 14, 2364–2366 (1983); DOI: 10.1021/jo00162a013.
Synthesis of 2,3-dialkyl-6,7-dichloro- and 2,3-dialkyl-6,7-dibromo-1,4-naphthoquinones, A. Ashnagar et al., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans., 1, 559-561 (1988); DOI: 10.1039/P19880000559.
Synthesis of tetraaryl-p-benzoquinones and 2,3-diaryl-1,4-naphthoquinones via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, Z. Hassan et al., Tetrahedron, 69 (2), 460-469 (2013); DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.11.040.
Synthesis of Substituted Dibenz[a,c]anthracenes and an Investigation of Their Liquid-Crystalline Properties, K. Psutka et al., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2015 (7), 1456-1463 (2015); DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403504.
Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies, C. Toninelli et al., Nat. Mater. 20, 1615–1628 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-00987-4.
Laser-Induced Frequency Tuning of Fourier-Limited Single-Molecule Emitters, M. Colautti et al., ACS Nano, 14, 10, 13584–13592 (2020); DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05620.