Issue 45, 2007
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Chemical Communications

A new functionalization strategy for pentacene†

John E. Anthony,*a   Johannes Gierschner,b   Chad A. Landis,a   Sean R. Parkin,a   Jes B. Shermana  and  Ronald C. Bakus IIa  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
E-mail: anthony@uky.edu

b Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons-Hainaut, Place du Parc 20, Belgium

Abstract

Functionalization of the pro-cata positions of pentacene with groups held perpendicular to the aromatic plane, in this case through a rigid 1,3-dioxole unit, yields pentacene derivatives that are stable and soluble, and still maintain edge-to-face interactions in the solid state.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B711296C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jul 2007
Accepted
24 Aug 2007
First published
06 Sep 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 4746-4748

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A new functionalization strategy for pentacene

J. E. Anthony, J. Gierschner, C. A. Landis, S. R. Parkin, J. B. Sherman and R. C. Bakus II, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4746 DOI: 10.1039/B711296C

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