Substituted Cyclopentannulated Tetraazapentacenes.
Steffen MaierRobin HeckershoffNikolai HippchenKerstin BrödnerFrank RomingerJan FreudenbergA Stephen K HashmiUwe H F BunzPublished in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2022)
Brominated pentannulated dihydrotetraazapentacenes were prepared by gold- or palladium-catalyzed 5-endo-dig cyclization of TIPS-ethynylated dihydrotetraazaacenes (TIPS = triisopropylsilyl). Post-functionalization was demonstrated by Sonogashira alkynylation and Rosenmund-von Braun cyanation. Calculations predict these species to act as n-type semiconductors, which was verified for two derivates through characterization in organic field-effect transistors.