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Published on: April 3, 2014
Synthesis and characterization of two different azarubrenes
Gaozhan Xie1, Sebastian Hahn, Frank Rominger
1Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. uwe.bunz@oci.uni-heidelberg.de.
Abstract:
The synthesis, properties and solid state X-ray single crystal structures of two new rubrene-derivatives, viz diazarubrene (4,4'-(6,12-diphenyltetracene-5,11-diyl)dipyridine) and tetraazarubrene (5,6,11,12-tetra(pyridin-4-yl)tetracene), are reported. Both the azarubrenes are more oxidatively stable than rubrene itself and show very similar optical properties but differ in their crystal packing from that of rubrene.
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