title: Benzodithiophene based π-conjugated macrocycles: synthesis, morphology and electrochemical characterization.
abstract: A 7,8-didodecyloxybenzo[1,2-b:4,3-b']dithiophene (BdT-Dod) containing a macrocycle was synthesized from a thiophene capped BdT-Dod comonomer through a Ti(iv) mediated McMurry reaction and characterized by (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Additionally, the morphological characterization was performed by AFM and SEM to investigate the self-aggregation properties. The macrocycle underwent self-assembly in the solid state to form fibers on the Si/SiO2 surface with a length in the μm range and a thickness of about 400 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, India. sanjiozade@iiserkol.ac.in anjan.bedi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedi
authors.forename: Sanjio S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zade