Quinoidal/aromatic transformations in π‐conjugated oligomers: vibrational Raman studies on the limits of rupture for π‐bonds

PM Burrezo, JL Zafra… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The vibrational Raman spectra of several series of aromatic and quinoidal compounds have
been analyzed considering the downshifts and upshifts of the frequencies of the relevant …

Para-Quinodimethanes: A Unified Review of the Quinoidal-Versus-Aromatic Competition and its Implications

J Casado - Physical Organic Chemistry of Quinodimethanes, 2018 - Springer
In this article, some quinoidal p-quinodimethanes compounds that convert partially or
completely to diradicals or biradicaloids are analyzed. The aromatic/quinoidal balance is …

(Semi) ladder-type bithiophene imide-based all-acceptor semiconductors: Synthesis, structure–property correlations, and unipolar n-type transistor performance

Y Wang, H Guo, A Harbuzaru, MA Uddin… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Development of high-performance unipolar n-type organic semiconductors still remains as a
great challenge. In this work, all-acceptor bithiophene imide-based ladder-type small …

Monoradicals and Diradicals of Dibenzofluoreno[3,2-b]fluorene Isomers: Mechanisms of Electronic Delocalization

H Hayashi, JE Barker… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The preparation of a series of dibenzo-and tetrabenzo-fused fluoreno [3, 2-b] fluorenes is
disclosed, and the diradicaloid properties of these molecules are compared with those of a …

Carbon-bridged oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s for photostable and broadly tunable, solution-processable thin film organic lasers

M Morales-Vidal, PG Boj, JM Villalvilla… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Thin film organic lasers represent a new generation of inexpensive, mechanically flexible
devices for spectroscopy, optical communications and sensing. For this purpose, it is desired …

BN‐embedded polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon oligomers: synthesis, aromaticity, and reactivity

Y Chen, W Chen, Y Qiao, X Lu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BN‐embedded oligomers with different pairs of BN units were synthesized by electrophilic
borylation. Up to four pairs of BN units were incorporated in the large polycyclic aromatic …

B/N-Doped p-Arylenevinylene Chromophores: Synthesis, Properties, and Microcrystal Electron Crystallographic Study

H Lu, T Nakamuro, K Yamashita… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Linearly conjugated systems have long served as an archetype of conjugated materials, but
suffer from two intrinsic structural problems: potential instability due to intermolecular …

Directional control of π-conjugation enabled by distortion of the donor plane in diarylaminoanthracenes: a photophysical study

S Sasaki, K Hattori, K Igawa… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We designed and synthesized a series of diarylaminoanthracenes in which the planarity of
the diarylamine moiety is controlled by methylene-or ethylene-bridges. The X-ray …

Carbon-bridged oligo (phenylene vinylene) s: a de novo designed, flat, rigid, and stable π-conjugated system

H Tsuji, E Nakamura - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The modern history of conducting organic systems started with a fortuitous error
in 1967 on acetylene polymerization, followed by a rational discovery in 1976 on the effects …

Side-chain modulation of dithienofluorene-based copolymers to achieve high field-effect mobilities

CH Lee, YY Lai, JY Hsu, PK Huang, YJ Cheng - Chemical Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A ladder-type dithieno [3, 2-b: 6, 7-b′] fluorene (DTF), where the central fluorene is fused
with two outer thiophene rings at its 2, 3-and 6, 7-junctions, is developed. The pentacyclic …