Patent ID: 7897735

Claim:
A method of synthesizing a compound for forming a molecular electronic device, wherein the compound is: an azo compound having a dinitrothiophene group, an aminobenzene group having thiol derivatives, wherein the thiol derivatives are bound to the amino group, and an azo group directly connected between the dinitrothiophene group and para position of the aminobenzene group; wherein the method comprising: forming an aminobenzene compound having thiol derivatives by reacting aniline with sulfide, wherein the aminobenzene compound having thiol derivatives comprises one of the following structures: wherein n is an integer ranging from 1 to 20; forming a diazonium intermediate compound from 2-amino-3,5-dinitrothiophene, wherein the diazonium intermediate compound has the following structure: and azo coupling the aminobenzene compound having thiol derivatives with the diazonium intermediate compound to form an azo compound.