Syntheses of soluble, pi-stacking tetracene derivatives.
[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.
Chen
Zhihua
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Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
Müller
Peter
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Swager
Timothy M
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