Issue 14, 2018

Connecting two phenazines with a four-membered ring: the synthesis, properties and applications of cyclobuta[1,2-b:3,4-b′]diphenazines

Abstract

Herein we report cyclobuta[1,2-b:3,4-b′]diphenazine (CBDP), a new π-electron molecular scaffold containing two phenazine moieties connected by a four-membered ring. With properly positioned silylethynyl substituting groups, CBDP offers a chromophore with a large molar extinction coefficient, a luminophore with a good quantum yield, and an n-type organic semiconductor with a field effect mobility as high as 0.30 cm2 V−1 s−1. These properties are not available in the phenazine reference compounds, but can be tuned by adjusting the substitution positions of the silylethynyl groups. On the basis of single crystal structures, UV-vis absorption and DFT calculations, it is concluded that the two phenazine subunits in CBDP are poorly conjugated in the ground state but strongly conjugated in the excited state, shedding light on the role of the four-membered ring in conjugation.

Graphical abstract: Connecting two phenazines with a four-membered ring: the synthesis, properties and applications of cyclobuta[1,2-b:3,4-b′]diphenazines

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Sept. 2017
Accepted
12 Okt. 2017
First published
12 Okt. 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 3651-3657

Connecting two phenazines with a four-membered ring: the synthesis, properties and applications of cyclobuta[1,2-b:3,4-b′]diphenazines

S. Yang, M. Chu and Q. Miao, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 3651 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC04092J

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