Back Cover: Synthesis, Photophysics, and Self-Assembly of Furan-Embedded Heteroarenes (Chem. Eur. J. 42/2015).

Novel furan ‐ embedded heteroarenes were synthesized by a one ‐ pot condensation reaction between pyrene ‐ 4,5 ‐ diketone/phenanthrenequinone and substituted phenol/naphthol catalyzed by triflic acid. The resulting molecules emit blue light in organic solvents. The self ‐ assembly behaviors of 11 ‐ fluoropyreno[4,5 ‐ b]benzofuran and naphtho[1,2 ‐ b]pyreno[4,5 ‐ d]furan were investigated by a re ‐ precipitation method, which indicated that the shape and size could be tuned by the ratio of THF to a solution of hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide in water. For more details see the Full Paper by J. Xiao et al. on page 14791 ff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]