Engineering the packing structure of thioether- and sulfone-substituted dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes by pentafluorophenyl substitution

Autor: Mathias Hermann, David C. Grenz, Birgit Esser
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Hermann, M, Grenz, D C & Esser, B 2023, ' Engineering the packing structure of thioether-and sulfone-substituted dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes by pentafluorophenyl substitution ', Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, vol. 36, no. 6, e4491 . https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.4491
DOI: 10.1002/poc.4491
Popis: Dibenzo[a,e]pentalene derivatives as nonalternant conjugated hydrocarbons are attractive for use as ambipolar or n-type semiconductors in field-effect transistors. For organic semiconductors, not only the energy levels of the frontier molecular orbitals but also their solid-state packing is crucial for good charge transport abilities. The introduction of fluorine atoms into organic semiconductors can lead to a closer packing in the solid state, enabled through F⋯F, F⋯H, and F⋯π-interactions. We herein introduce pentafluorophenyl substituents into thioether- and sulfone-DBPs and demonstrate how these substituents not only further lower their LUMO energies to values down to −3.6 eV for the thioethers and −4.1 eV for the sulfone but also lead to a denser packing in the solid state due to fluorine-based interactions between the molecules.
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