title: Exploring electronically polarized pentacenes.
abstract: Unsymmetrically functionalized pentacenes with electron-rich and/or -poor substituents at the 6- and 13-positions were synthesized. The electronic influence was evaluated by solution-state UV-vis absorption and emission spectroscopies. These materials exhibit good solubility in common organic solvents and are stable in the presence of air and water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lehnherr
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Rik R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tykwinski