Synthesis and characterization of soluble oligo (9,10-bisalkynylanthrylene)s

Org Lett. 2006 Feb 16;8(4):785-8. doi: 10.1021/ol0530777.

Abstract

[structure: see text] Soluble oligo(9,10-bialkynylanthrylene)s up to pentamers were synthesized by means of the Suzuki coupling reaction. A solution processed thin film field-effect transistor from pentamer OA-5b shows a charge carrier mobility of 2.95 x 10(-)(3) cm(2)/V x s.