Synthesis and structural analysis of thiophene-pyrrole-based S,N-heteroacenes

Org Lett. 2014 Jan 17;16(2):362-5. doi: 10.1021/ol403153z. Epub 2013 Dec 20.

Abstract

Fused S,N-heterohexacene 4 was synthesized by applying Pd-catalyzed tandem Buchwald-Hartwig coupling and further functionalized to corresponding acceptor-capped derivatives 5 and 6 showing bond length equalization in the π-conjugated backbone and intense optical transitions. Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) based on a vacuum-deposited film of 6 exhibit p-channel charge-carrier mobilities as high as 0.021 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) and current on/off ratios of 10(5).