Synfacts 2009(7): 0732-0732  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217213
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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HOMO and LUMO Trends in Conjugated Acenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Mindy Levine
M. L. Tang, A. D. Reichardt, P. Wei, Z. Bao*
Stanford University, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 June 2009 (online)

Significance

The synthesis of six new fluorinated acenes is reported. These compounds as well as other functionalized acenes were utilized to elucidate the relationship between a compound’s charge carrier type in thin film transistors (hole- or electron-transporting) and the energy of its frontier orbitals.