title: Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Rubicene and Tetrabenzopentacene Derivatives.
abstract: Carbon-based materials, such as acenes, fullerenes, and graphene nanoribbons, are viewed as the potential successors to silicon in the next generation of electronics. Although a number of methodologies provide access to these materials' all-carbon variants, relatively fewer strategies readily furnish their nitrogen-doped analogues. Herein, we report the rational design, preparation, and characterization of nitrogen-containing rubicenes and tetrabenzopentacenes, which can be viewed either as acene derivatives or as molecular fragments of fullerenes and graphene nanoribbons. The reported findings may prove valuable for the development of electron transporting organic semiconductors and for the eventual construction of larger carbonaceous systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Young S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dibble
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Juhwan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Eriberto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. alon.gorodetsky@uci.edu.|Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. alon.gorodetsky@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Alon A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gorodetsky
keywords: doping; nitrogen heterocycles; organic electronics; rubicene; tetrabenzopentacene