Thermal Generation of Pentacenes from Soluble 6, 13-Dihydro-6, 13-ethenopentacene Precursors by a Diels–Alder-retro-Diels–Alder Sequence with 3, 6- …

RP Bula, IM Oppel, HF Bettinger

Index: Bula, Rafael P.; Oppel, Iris M.; Bettinger, Holger F. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 77, # 7 p. 3538 - 3542

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Abstract

Pentacene is a promising molecule for application as an organic semiconductor.(1-5) Because of its high degree of crystallinity in the solid state, pentacene has high charge carrier mobility in thin films, and therefore it is an ideal p-type semiconductor in organic thin-film transistors (OTFT).(1-5) Thin films of pentacene show mobilities greater than 1.5 cm 2 /(V s),(6) and even values greater than 5 cm 2 /(V s)(7) have been reported. The mobility depends critically ...