Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are promising synthetic targets due to their unique electronic and optoelectronic properties. However, their synthesis in solution is often difficult due to solubility issues. Therefore, a more practical and solvent free synthesis method will benefit PAH research. Through an iterative reaction sequence (Wittig reaction, a reduction, followed by an oxidation), we developed a more practical, greener and solvent free synthesis method of acene synthesis and successfully produced a tetracene derivate. Other unique aspects of mechanochemical synthesis were also discovered and explored in this research.

Synthesis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons via mechanochemistry

2019 Spring National Meeting

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