Volume 128, Issue 10 pp. 3413-3416
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Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Rubicene and Tetrabenzopentacene Derivatives

Dr. Young S. Park

Dr. Young S. Park

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. David J. Dibble

Dr. David J. Dibble

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Juhwan Kim

Dr. Juhwan Kim

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

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Robert C. Lopez

Robert C. Lopez

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

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Eriberto Vargas

Eriberto Vargas

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

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Prof. Alon A. Gorodetsky

Corresponding Author

Prof. Alon A. Gorodetsky

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697 USA

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First published: 02 February 2016
Citations: 21

Abstract

Carbon-based materials, such as acenes, fullerenes, and graphene nanoribbons, are viewed as the potential successors to silicon in the next generation of electronics. Although a number of methodologies provide access to these materials’ all-carbon variants, relatively fewer strategies readily furnish their nitrogen-doped analogues. Herein, we report the rational design, preparation, and characterization of nitrogen-containing rubicenes and tetrabenzopentacenes, which can be viewed either as acene derivatives or as molecular fragments of fullerenes and graphene nanoribbons. The reported findings may prove valuable for the development of electron transporting organic semiconductors and for the eventual construction of larger carbonaceous systems.

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