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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 48, 2018 - Issue 9
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Original Articles

Novel electron-deficient oligo(phenyleneethynylene) derivatives for molecular electronics

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Pages 1052-1059 | Received 05 Jan 2018, Published online: 16 Mar 2018
 

ABSTRACT

This work reports synthesis and characterizations of two new electron-poor “oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE) type” molecular wires for fundamental studies of electron transport in molecular junctions. These OPE derivatives display three aromatic rings functionalized (i) with NO2 (OPN) or fluorine (OPF) groups on the central aryl core and (ii) with the requisite protected thiolate anchoring groups on the lateral rings at both ends. We show that the moderately effective Sonogashira couplings can give access to such rare electrodeficient molecules but are unfortunately associated with significant side reactions. We detail the choice of adequate reaction conditions to allow the recovery of suitable amounts of compounds bearing several strongly electron-withdrawing substituents on their central ring for further study of the physical properties.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Université de Rennes 1, the CNRS, and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (RuOxLux—ANR-12-BS07-0010-01). RK thanks the Algerian Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research for his Grant (Profas). We also thank Gilles Alcaraz for discussions.

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