Revisiting the Stability of Hexacenes
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- 22 May 2007
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Organic Letters
- Vol. 9 (13) , 2505-2508
Abstract
The Strating−Zwanenberg photodecarbonylation was used to prepare hexacene (1). Compound 1 was found to be extremely unstable in solution, undergoing dimerization and oxidation. However, when generated in a polymer matrix, 1 survived for more than 12 h under ambient conditions. Hexacenes substituted at the 6 and 15 positions with the phenyl, p-tert-butylphenyl, and mesityl groups were synthesized using the quinone reduction method, but these compounds were also shown to be unstable in solution.Keywords
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