Abstract
A ladder-type π-conjugated molecule containing both thiaborin and carbazole units exhibited strong light absorption and emission like other ladder-type π-conjugated molecules based on heteraborins.
Acknowledgments
Dedicated to Professor Naomichi Furukawa on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
This work was partly supported by Grants-in-Aid for The Global COE program for Chemical Innovation (T.K.) and for Scientific Research (T.K.) from MEXT. We also thank Tosoh Finechem Corporation for the generous gifts of alkyllithium compounds.