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Rubrene

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Rubrene
Skeletal formula
Space-filling model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
5,6,11,12-Tetraphenyltetracene
Other names
5,6,11,12-Tetraphenylnaphthacene, rubrene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 208-242-0
  • InChI=1S/C42H28/c1-5-17-29(18-6-1)37-33-25-13-14-26-34(33)39(31-21-9-3-10-22-31)42-40(32-23-11-4-12-24-32)36-28-16-15-27-35(36)38(41(37)42)30-19-7-2-8-20-30/h1-28H checkY
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  • InChI=1/C42H28/c1-5-17-29(18-6-1)37-33-25-13-14-26-34(33)39(31-21-9-3-10-22-31)42-40(32-23-11-4-12-24-32)36-28-16-15-27-35(36)38(41(37)42)30-19-7-2-8-20-30/h1-28H
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  • c5(c3c(c1ccccc1c(c2ccccc2)c3c(c4ccccc4)c6ccccc56)c7ccccc7)c8ccccc8
Properties
C42H28
Molar mass 532.7 g/mol
Melting point 315 °C (599 °F; 588 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Rubrene (5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene) is the organic compound with the formula (C18H8(C6H5)4. It is a red colored polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Because of its distinctive optical and electrical properties, rubrene has been extensively studied. It has been used as a sensitiser in chemoluminescence and as a yellow light source in lightsticks.[1]


Electronic properties

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As an organic semiconductor, the major application of rubrene is in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic field-effect transistors, which are the core elements of flexible displays. Single-crystal transistors can be prepared using crystalline rubrene, which is grown in a modified zone furnace on a temperature gradient. This technique, known as physical vapor transport, was introduced in 1998.[2][3]

Rubrene holds the distinction of being the organic semiconductor with the highest carrier mobility, reaching 40 cm2/(V·s) for holes. This value was measured in OFETs prepared by peeling a thin layer of single-crystalline rubrene and transferring to a Si/SiO2 substrate.[4]

Crystal structure

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Several polymorphs of rubrene are known. Crystals grown from vapor in vacuum can be monoclinic,[5] triclinic,[6] and orthorhombic motifs.[7] Orthorhombic crystals (space group Bbam) are obtained in a closed system in a two-zone furnace at ambient pressure.[8]

Synthesis

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Rubrene is prepared by treating 1,1,3-Triphenyl-2-propyn-1-ol with thionyl chloride.[9]

The resulting chloroallene undergoes dimerization and dehydrochlorination to give rubrene.[10]

Redox properties

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Rubrene, like other polycyclic aromatic molecules, undergoes redox reactions in solution. It oxidizes and reduces reversibly at 0.95 V and −1.37 V, respectively vs SCE. When the cation and anion are co-generated in an electrochemical cell, they can combine with annihilation of their charges, but producing an excited rubrene molecule that emits at 540 nm. This phenomenon is called electrochemiluminescence.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Sawatzki-Park, Michael; Wang, Shu-Jen; Kleemann, Hans; Leo, Karl (2023). "Highly Ordered Small Molecule Organic Semiconductor Thin-Films Enabling Complex, High-Performance Multi-Junction Devices". Chemical Reviews. 123 (13): 8232–8250. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00844. PMC 10347425. PMID 37315945.
  2. ^ Laudise, R.A; Kloc, Ch; Simpkins, P.G; Siegrist, T (1998). "Physical vapor growth of organic semiconductors". Journal of Crystal Growth. 187 (3–4): 449. Bibcode:1998JCrGr.187..449L. doi:10.1016/S0022-0248(98)00034-7.
  3. ^ Jurchescu, Oana Diana (2006) "Low Temperature Crystal Structure of Rubrene Single Crystals Grown by Vapor Transport" in Molecular organic semiconductors for electronic devices, PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
  4. ^ Hasegawa, Tatsuo and Takeya, Jun (2009). "Organic field-effect transistors using single crystals". Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 10 (2): 024314. Bibcode:2009STAdM..10b4314H. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/10/2/024314. PMC 5090444. PMID 27877287.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Taylor, W. H. (1936). "X-ray measurements on diflavylene, rubrene, and related compounds". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 93 (1–6): 151. doi:10.1524/zkri.1936.93.1.151. S2CID 101491070.
  6. ^ Akopyan, S. A.; Avoyan, R. L. and Struchkov, Yu. T. Z. Strukt. Khim. 3, 602 (1962)
  7. ^ Henn, D. E. & Williams, W. G. (1971). "Crystallographic data for an orthorhombic form of rubrene". J. Appl. Crystallogr. 4 (3): 256. doi:10.1107/S0021889871006812.
  8. ^ Bulgarovskaya, I.; Vozzhennikov, V.; Aleksandrov, S.; Belsky, V. (1983). Latv. PSR Zinat. Akad. Vestis, Fiz. Teh. Zinat. Ser. 4. 53: 115
  9. ^ Furniss, B. Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry (5th ed.). pp. 840–841.
  10. ^ Furniss, B. Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry (5th ed.). pp. 844–845.
  11. ^ Richter, M. M. (2004). "Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)". Chemical Reviews. 104 (6): 3003–36. doi:10.1021/cr020373d. PMID 15186186.