Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Oxidized Benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophenes

TM Pappenfus, DT Seidenkranz…

Index: Pappenfus, Ted M.; Seidenkranz, Daniel T.; Reinheimer, Eric W. Heterocycles, 2012 , vol. 85, # 2 p. 355 - 364

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Abstract

Benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophenes were oxidized under mild conditions with m-CPBA to yield the corresponding bis-sulfones (or tetraoxides). These sulfones possess red-shifted absorption and emission spectra relative to the parent molecules. Electrochemical analyses