Synthesis and characterization of electron-deficient and highly soluble (bis)indenofluorene building blocks for n-type semiconducting polymers

Hakan Usta, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) New electron-deficient and soluble indenofluorene-based and bisindenofluorene-based ladder-type building blocks embedding carbonyl and dicyanovinylene functionalities were synthesized, and their optical and electrochemical properties were characterized. These derivatives exhibit optical band gaps of 1.83 to 2.44 eV and low LUMO energies of -3.24 to -4.30 eV, representing a promising new building block class for n-type polymeric electronic materials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1385-1388
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume10
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 3 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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