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An Air-Stable Semiconducting Polymer Containing Dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]arsole.

ABSTRACT: Arsole-containing conjugated polymers are a practically unexplored class of materials despite the high interest in their phosphole analogues. Herein we report the synthesis of the first dithieno[3,2-b;2',3'-d]arsole derivative, and demonstrate that it is stable to ambient oxidation in its +3 oxidation state. A soluble copolymer is obtained by a palladium-catalyzed Stille polymerization and demonstrated to be a p-type semiconductor with promising hole mobility, which was evaluated by field-effect transistor measurements.

SUBMITTER: Green JP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4999038 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Air-Stable Semiconducting Polymer Containing Dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]arsole.

Green Joshua P JP Han Yang Y Kilmurray Rebecca R McLachlan Martyn A MA Anthopoulos Thomas D TD Heeney Martin M

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20160428 25

Arsole-containing conjugated polymers are a practically unexplored class of materials despite the high interest in their phosphole analogues. Herein we report the synthesis of the first dithieno[3,2-b;2',3'-d]arsole derivative, and demonstrate that it is stable to ambient oxidation in its +3 oxidation state. A soluble copolymer is obtained by a palladium-catalyzed Stille polymerization and demonstrated to be a p-type semiconductor with promising hole mobility, which was evaluated by field-effect ...[more]

PMID: 27121536

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