Phase tag-assisted synthesis of Benzo[b]carbazole end-capped oligothiophenes

Levick, Matthew T. and Coote, Susannah and Grace, Iain and Lambert, Colin and Turner, Michael L. and Procter, David J. (2012) Phase tag-assisted synthesis of Benzo[b]carbazole end-capped oligothiophenes. Organic Letters, 14 (22). pp. 5744-5747. ISSN 1523-7060

Abstract

The introduction and removal of a phase tag have been used to trigger cyclization events in a new synthesis of benzo[b]carbazoles. The approach has been exploited in a tag-assisted approach to new benzo[b]carbazole end-capped oligothiophenes for preliminary evaluation as semiconductors.