Synthesis, structures, and optical properties of heteroarene-fused dispiro compounds.

Novel heteroarene-fused dispiro compounds, dispiro[9H-fluorene-9,5'(6'H)-diindeno[1,2-b:2',1'-d]furan-6',9''-[9H]fluorene] (dsp-DIF), dispiro[9H-fluorene-9,5'(6'H)-diindeno[1,2-b:2',1'-d]thiophene-6',9''-[9H]fluorene] (dsp-DIT), and 11-phenyldispiro[9H-fluorene-9,5'(6'H)-diindeno[1,2-b:2',1'-d]pyrrole-6',9''-[9H]fluorene] (dsp-DIP-Ph) have been synthesized. Their structures were unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallography. These three dispiro compounds showed blue fluorescence with moderate quantum yields.