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An isomeric pair of 15-membered dehydrobenzopyridannulenes functionalized with -NBu
2 groups as
ges/
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gif" BORDER=0 >-electron donors was prepared and their steady-state spectroscopic parameters investi
gated. The propertydifferences arisin
g from placement of the pyridine nitro
gen relative to the macrocycle, as well as thedifferential effects of stepwise protonation of the acceptor and donor nitro
gens, were examined. Themacrocycles exhibited dynamic shiftin
g in the emission spectra, which is believed to correlate to inducedchan
ges in the frontier molecular orbitals of the molecules.