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RESEARCH ARTICLE

First Synthesis of Diindeno[1,2-g:1′,2′-s]rubicene Derivatives and their Evaluation as Semiconductors

Mark Bown A , Christopher J. Dunn A , Craig M. Forsyth B , Peter Kemppinen A , Th. Birendra Singh A , Melissa A. Skidmore A C and Kevin N. Winzenberg A
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A Ian Wark Laboratory, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Clayton South, Vic. 3168, Australia.

B School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: melissa.skidmore@csiro.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 65(2) 145-152 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH11375
Submitted: 21 September 2011  Accepted: 7 December 2011   Published: 23 January 2012

Abstract

Solution-processable derivatives 4ad of the novel diindeno[1,2-g:1′,2′-s]rubicene ring system have been prepared in three steps from 1,5-dichloroanthraquinone. Charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage measurements indicates that 4ad have bulk mobilities <10–7 cm2 V–1 s–1. Consistent with these low mobility values, field-effect transistors fabricated from 4ad show poor performance. X-ray crystallographic analyses indicate that in the crystalline state, molecules of compounds 4bd pack in a manner that hinders π–π stacking, thus preventing strong electronic coupling between molecules that is essential for high charge mobility semiconductor performance.


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