Patent ID: 8920679

Claim:
A pentacene compound having a chemical structure: wherein: each R, R′ and R″ independently comprises (i) hydrogen, (ii) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, (iii) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, (v) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylalkylene group, (vi) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, (vii) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, (viii) a substituted or unsubstituted arylalkylene group, (ix) an acetyl group, (x) a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring comprising at least one of O, N, S and Se in the ring, (xi) a substituted or unsubstituted ether group or polyether group, or (xii) a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonamide group; and at least one of R, R′ and R″ is present and comprises a fluorinated monovalent radical comprising the branched or unbranched substituted alkyl group, the branched or unbranched substituted alkenyl group, the substituted cycloalkyl group, the substituted cycloalkylalkylene group, the branched or unbranched substituted alkynyl group, the substituted aryl group, the substituted arylalkylene group, the substituted heterocyclic ring comprising at least one of O, N, S and Se in the ring, the substituted ether group or polyether group, or the substituted sulfonamide group, said fluorinated monovalent radical comprising one or more fluorine atoms with said one or more fluorine atoms being separated from both silicon atoms by at least three atoms or at least four covalent bonds; x, y and z each independently equal 0, 1, 2 or 3; (x+y+z)=3; and each X independently comprises (i) hydrogen, (ii) a halogen, (iii) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, (v) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, (vi) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, (vii) a cyano group, (viii) a nitro group, (ix) a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or (x) any two adjacent X groups combine to form (a) a substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic ring or (b) a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring.