Stable 2D Bisthienoacenes: Synthesis, Crystal Packing, and Photophysical Properties

Zunzhi Wang; Jinfeng Li; Simeng Zhang; Qi Wang; Gaole Dai; Bingqing Liu; Xiaolin Zhu; Zhongguo Li; Charles Kolodziej; Christopher McCleese; Clemens Burda; Wenfang Sun; Long Chen

doi:10.1002/chem.201802411

Stable 2D Bisthienoacenes: Synthesis, Crystal Packing, and Photophysical Properties

Chemistry. 2018 Sep 25;24(54):14442-14447. doi: 10.1002/chem.201802411. Epub 2018 Sep 6.

Authors

Zunzhi Wang¹, Jinfeng Li¹, Simeng Zhang¹, Qi Wang², Gaole Dai³, Bingqing Liu⁴, Xiaolin Zhu⁴, Zhongguo Li⁵, Charles Kolodziej⁵, Christopher McCleese⁵, Clemens Burda⁵, Wenfang Sun⁴, Long Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
³ Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.
⁴ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

PMID: 29969163
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802411

Abstract

Two novel 2D bisthienoacenes with annulated thiophene units at different positions were developed. Both 1,2- and 1,4-addition of the α,β-unsaturated ketone moieties lead to the major formation of four-fold alkylsilylethynyl substituted 2D heteroacenes (namely BTT-4TIPS and BTP-4TIPS). The photophysical, electrochemical properties, crystal packing structures, and charge carrier transport performances were investigated in detail.

Keywords: 2D acenes; crystal packing; heteroacenes; photophysical properties.

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