Synthesis of electron-poor hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes

DJ Jones; B Purushothaman; S Ji; AB Holmes; WWH Wong

Journal article

Synthesis of electron-poor hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes

DJ Jones, B Purushothaman, S Ji, AB Holmes, WWH Wong

Chemical Communications | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1039/c2cc33892k

Abstract

The oxidative cyclodehydrogenation of electron-poor arenes was achieved using DDQ-CF3SO3H resulting in hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes with electron withdrawing Br, F and CF3 groups. This method will lead to their expansion into a new class of electron transport materials. © 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry.

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David Jones Author

Andrew Holmes Author

Wallace Wong Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Solar Institute (fellowship and project grant), the Australian Research Council (DP0877325), the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (www.vicosc.unimelb.edu.au), Victorian State Government (DBI-VSA and DPI-ETIS) and the University of Melbourne.