Issue 34, 2015

The effect of regioisomerism on the crystal packing and device performance of desymmetrized anthradithiophenes

Abstract

Anthradithiophenes (ADTs) are typically synthesized as inseparable mixtures of regioisomers. In this paper, we describe the synthesis of desymmetrized anthradithiophenes containing one trialkylsilylethyne solubilizing group, which allowed chromatographic separation of the three resulting isomers. Cyclic voltammograms, as well as absorption and emission spectra for all isomers, were nearly identical. However, X-ray crystallography revealed that the positions of the sulfur atoms in each isomer strongly influence crystal packing, corroborating calculations that show the S–π interaction to be less stabilizing than the C–H–π interaction. Isomer 3c packs in a pseudo 1-D fashion while isomers 3a and 3b pack as isolated π-stacked pairs. Isomer 3c shows a field-effect mobility four orders of magnitude higher than isomers 3a and 3b, presumably due to this difference in packing motif.

Graphical abstract: The effect of regioisomerism on the crystal packing and device performance of desymmetrized anthradithiophenes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jul 2015
Accepted
31 Jul 2015
First published
03 Aug 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 8956-8962

The effect of regioisomerism on the crystal packing and device performance of desymmetrized anthradithiophenes

R. K. Hallani, K. J. Thorley, A. K. Hailey, S. R. Parkin, Y. Loo and J. E. Anthony, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 8956 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC02145F

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