A concise method to prepare linear 2,3-diazaoligoacene derivatives
作者:Junbo Li、Junkuo Gao、Wei-Wei Xiong、Qichun Zhang
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.06.033
日期:2014.7
be easily prepared through [4+2] cycloadditionreaction between 3,6-diphenyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine as the diene and arynes as dienophiles, generated in situ from ortho-aminoarylcarboxylic acids. The physical properties and crystal packing of the prepared compounds 1–3 were fully investigated. In addition, the experimental data (e.g., band gap and band position) are further confirmed by theoretical studies
Two novel azatetracenes: 5,7,8,9,10,12-hexaphenyl-2-azatetracene (2) and 1,4,6,11-tetraphenyl-2,3-diazatetracene (3), were synthesized and characterized. Comparing to Rubrene, 2 and 3 show blue-shifted absorptions. Interestingly, 2 displays stronger emission than rubrene in CH2Cl2, while the fluorescence of 3 is almost quenched. The electrochemical studies suggested that inserting sp(2) N atoms into the backbone of tetracene could decrease both HOMO and LUMO orbital energies and more sp(2) N atoms would result in lower HOMO orbital energy level. Since 2 has stronger fluorescence than rubrene, organic light emitting devices with 2 as emitters have been fabricated and the as-fabricated devices show a maximum current efficiency as high as 6.6 cd A(-1). Our results indicated that the number of sp(2) N atoms in the backbone of parent oligoacenes did have strong effect on the properties of as-resulted azaoligoacenes and this research could provide some guides to design and synthesize novel larger azaacenes. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.