Journal of the American Chemical Society

Why triple bonds protect acenes from oxidation and decomposition

W Fudickar, T Linker

Index: Fudickar, Werner; Linker, Torsten Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 36 p. 15071 - 15082

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Abstract

An experimental and computational study on the impact of functional groups on the oxidation stability of higher acenes is presented. We synthesized anthracenes, tetracenes, and pentacenes with various substituents at the periphery, identified their photooxygenation products, and measured the kinetics. Furthermore, the products obtained from thermolysis and the kinetics of the thermolysis are investigated. Density functional theory is applied in ...