Selected Research Themes
3. The Pyrazinacenes-Putting the ‘N’ in ACENE

Aza-substituted derivatives of pentacene and other acenes.

Figure 4. (a) X-ray crystal structures of typical pyrazinacenes. (b) A researcher models early examples of the compounds.

Related publications.
1. Self-assembled Pyrazinacene Nanotubes. G. J. Richards, et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2011) published online.

2. Tautomers of Extended Reduced Pyrazinacenes: A Density-Functional-Theory based Study. R. Scipioni, et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2011) published online.

3. Tautomerization in Reduced Pyrazinacenes. R. Scipioni, et al J. Chemical Theory & Computation (2010) 6, 517–525.

4. Pyrazinacenes: Oligoaza Analogues of Acenes. G. J. Richards, et al. J. Org. Chem. (2009) 74, 8914–8923.

5. Diverse Self-assembly in Soluble Oligoazaacenes. G. J. Richards, et al. Langmuir (2009) 25, 8408–8413.