Class of soluble, photooxidatively resistant acene derivatives
The present invention is directed towards a new class of semi-conducting acene derivatives. These compounds are all soluble species and they all possess superior resistance to photooxidation as compared to their counterparts that lack the substitution patterns disclosed herein.
1. A photooxidatively resistant acene composition selected from the group consisting of:
wherein R 1 is any group containing pi (or π) electrons that is capable of participating in ππ-stacking interactions with the central acene core and R 2 through R 11 represent any group chosen from the following list: hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, nitrile, carbonyl, trifluoromethyl, halogen, alkylthio, arylthio, alkynyl.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from a group consisting carbonyl moieties, alkene moieties, alkyne moieties, diene moieties and aromatic moieties.
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
11. An electronic device comprising an acene derivative selected from one or more of the group consisting of:
wherein R 1 is any group containing pi (or π) electrons that is capable of participating in ππ-stacking interactions with the central acene core and R 2 through R 11 represent any group chosen from the following list: hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, nitrile, carbonyl, trifluoromethyl, halogen, alkylthio, arylthio, alkynyl.
12. The acene derivative of the electronic device of claim 11 , wherein R 1 is selected from a group consisting of carbonyl moieties, alkene moieties, alkyne moieties, diene moieties and aromatic moieties.
13. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
14. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
15. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
16. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
17. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
18. The composition of claim 11 , wherein said photooxidatively resistant acene is:
19. The photooxidatively resistant acene of the electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the photooxidatively resistant acene has the structure
20. The photooxidatively resistant acene of the electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the photooxidatively resistant acene has the structure: