title: Syntheses of soluble, pi-stacking tetracene derivatives.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The syntheses of a series of fluorine- and alkyl/alkoxy-functionalized tetracenes are reported. These functional groups are found to improve the solubility in common organic solvents and tune molecular arrangement in solids. The crystal packing, electrochemical behavior, and UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy of these materials are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Swager