Synthesis of Perylene Imide Diones as Platforms for the Development of Pyrazine Based Organic Semiconductors.

There is a great interest in peryleneimide (PI)-containing compounds given their unique combination of good electron accepting ability, high abosorption in the visible region, and outstanding chemical, thermal, and photochemical stabilities. Thus, herein we report the synthesis of perylene imide derivatives endowed with a 1,2-diketone functionality (PIDs) as efficient intermediates to easily access peryleneimide (PI)-containing organic semiconductors with enhanced absorption cross-section for the design of tunable semiconductor organic materials. Three processable organic molecular semiconductors containing thiophene and terthiophene moieties, PITa, PITb, and PITT, have been prepared from the novel PIDs.

Hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) derivatives: from synthesis to molecular design, self-organization and device applications.

Dipyrazino[2,3-f:2′,3′-h]quinoxaline also known as 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) is an electron deficient, rigid, planar, aromatic discotic system with an excellent π–π stacking ability. Because it is one of the smallest two-dimensional N-containing polyheterocyclic aromatic systems, it has been used as the basic scaffold for larger 2D N-substituted polyheterocyclic aromatics. Furthermore, it is the building block of choice in a plethora of molecular, macromolecular and supramolecular systems for a variety of applications.

Hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) versus tri-HAT: the bigger the better?

A new hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) derivative formed by the fusion of three HAT units has been prepared and its electronic and molecular structures have been fully characterized by optical and vibrational Raman spectroscopy, electrochemistry, solid-state UV and inverse photoemission spectroscopy (UPS and IPES), and by quantum-chemical calculations. A comparative HAT versus tri-HAT study was performed. The fusion of three HAT molecules causes modifications in the optical and electrochemical properties consistent with enhanced π-electron delocalization attained in a bigger planar core.

Synthesis and electrochemical and theoretical studies of V-shaped donor-acceptor hexaazatriphenylene derivatives for second harmonic generation.

In this article we describe novel synthetic strategies toward well-defined disubstituted conjugated hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) derivatives. The systems are designed as novel V-shaped chromophores displaying C2 symmetry suitable for nonlinear optical investigations. Different donor moieties and linkers have been used in order to tune the electrochemical properties as well as the absorption spectra of the novel HAT derivatives.