Simple and cost-efficient chlorination of electron deficient aromatics to provide templates for organogelation and fluoride sensing

This present work describes the synthesis of extremely electron-deficient novel nitroaromatic compounds from trinitrophenols using new synthetic methods and applying them to derive soft materials. Multi chlorination has been achieved at a single shot using phosphorus oxychloride in both cases. We have explored the mechanism of this new type of transformation using the DFT study. Compounds 2a-b have been successfully utilized to provide a...