A road map to stable, soluble, easily crystallized pentacene derivatives.
[structure: see text] A series of 6,13-disubstituted pentacenes, in which the substituents are functionalized ethyne units, were synthesized and analyzed by X-ray crystallography. The resulting pentacene derivatives were highly soluble and oxidatively stable and exhibited a significant amount of pi-stacking in the crystal.
Anthony
John E
JE
Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506-0055, USA. anthony@uky.edu
Eaton
David L
DL
Parkin
Sean R
SR