Electronegative oligothiophenes based on difluorodioxocyclopentene-annelated thiophenes: synthesis, properties, and n-type FET performances

Org Lett. 2008 Mar 6;10(5):833-6. doi: 10.1021/ol7029678. Epub 2008 Feb 5.

Abstract

A series of oligothiophenes containing difluorodioxocyclopentene-annelated thiophene units was synthesized, and their electronic properties and structures were investigated by spectroscopic and electrochemical measurements and X-ray analyses. The oligothiophenes having the terminal difluorodioxocyclopentene annelations showed n-type semiconducting behavior on FET devices, and the quaterthiophene revealed field-effect electron mobility as high as 1.3 x 10(-2) cm2 V(-1) s(-1).