RESEARCH
8. Pyrazinacenes
The pyrazinacenes are a class of acenes composed of linearly-fused 1,4-pyrazine units. They have potential in a variety of applications including as the organic components of thin film transistors, as proton conducting materials amongst others.
Related publications
- G. J. Richards, J. P. Hill, T. Mori and K. Ariga. “Putting the ‘N’ in ACENE: Pyrazinacenes and their Structural Relations” Org. Biomol. Chem. (2011) 9, 5005–5017. [Link
] - G. J. Richards, J. P. Hill, J. Labuta, Y. Wakayama, M. Akada and K. Ariga. “Self-assembled Pyrazinacene Nanotubes” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2011) 13, 4868–4876. [Link ]
- R. Scipioni, J. P. Hill, G. J. Richards, M. Boero, T. Mori, T. Ohno and K. Ariga. “Tautomers of Extended Reduced Pyrazinacenes: A Density-Functional-Theory based Study” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2011) 13, 2145–2150. [Link ]
- R. Scipioni, M. Boero, G. J. Richards, J. P. Hill, T. Ohno, T.Mori and K. Ariga. “Tautomerization in Reduced Pyrazinacenes” J. Chemical Theory & Computation (2010) 6, 517–525. [Link ]
- G. J. Richards, J. P. Hill, N. K. Subbaiyan, F. D’Souza, M. R. J. Elsegood, S. J. Teat, T. Mori and K. Ariga. “Pyrazinacenes: Oligoaza Analogues of Acenes” J. Org. Chem. (2009) 74, 8914–8923. [Link ]
- G. J. Richards, J. P. Hill, K. Okamoto, A. Shundo, M. Akada, M. R. J. Elsegood, T. Mori and K. Ariga. “Diverse Self-assembly in Soluble Oligoazaacenes” Langmuir (2009) 25, 8408–8413. [Link ]