The (3+ +3) anellation of alkynones and cyclic amidines is an ovel and unexpected approach to generate intensively blue luminescent tricyclic 2-aminopyridinium salts with quantum yields F f up to 63 %inwater.Byimplementation into ac onsecutive three-component reaction, these title compounds are obtained rapidly and efficiently in ad iversityoriented fashion. Most interestingly,t hese bi-and tricyclic 2aminopyridinium salts emit in dichloromethane and water solutions,t hus making them interesting novel luminophore probes for bioanalytics,aswell as in the solid state,thus making them blue emitters with tunable efficiency.Supportinginformation and the ORCID identification numbers for some of the authors of this article can be found under: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201808665.
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