Patent Application: US-28182802-A

Abstract:
dioxaborines as organic n - semiconductors , a process for the production of semiconductors utilizing dioxaborines , and a semiconductor component , a field effect transistor , and a diode having a dioxaborine are provided . dioxaborines have a conjugated π - system that carries two terminal six - membered dioxaborine heterocycles that are electronically linked to one another via the central π - system . the compounds have good electron mobility and very good reversibility of redox behavior and are therefore suitable as organic semiconductors in electronic semiconductor components . processes for manufacturing the electronic semiconductor components utilize the dioxabroines .

Description:
where the dioxaborines described in examples 1 to 13 are purified by sublimation , the sublimation is suitably carried out at pressures of 10 − 6 to 10 − 7 mmhg and temperatures above 100 ° c . a solution of 3 . 98 g ( 10 mmol ) of 4 , 9 - diacetyl - 2 , 7 - di - tert - butylpyrene ( 1 ) in 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . and , after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 3 . 6 g ( 62 %) of yellow powder having a melting point 316 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 3 . 98 g ( 10 mmol ) of 4 , 9 - diacetyl - 2 , 7 - di - tert - butylpyrene ( 1 ) in 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 4 . 5 g ( 71 %) of yellow powder having a melting point above 300 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 1 g ( 3 mmol ) of 2 , 5 ′- diacetyl - tert - thiophene in 2 . 45 g ( 24 mmol ) of acetic anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 2 . 26 g ( 12 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 2 . 45 g ( 24 mmol ) of acetic anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . and , after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 1 . 1 g ( 72 %) of yellow powder — melting point 245 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 1 . 62 g ( 10 mmol ) of 1 , 4 - diacetylbenzene in 2 . 45 g ( 24 mmol ) of acetic anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 8 . 15 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 86 % of a pale yellow powder — melting point 295 - 7 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a mixture of 3 . 74 g ( 10 mmol ) of dicarbonyl compound 1 ( 2 ) , prepared from a diacetyl compound and the corresponding ethyl benzoate through ester condensation according to organikum , deutscher verlag der wissenschaften , berlin ( 1999 ), 1 . 24 g ( 20 mmol ) of boric acid and 2 . 2 g ( 20 mmol ) of pyrocatechol , in 500 ml of 1 , 2 - dichloroethane , is refluxed for 12 hours . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 76 % of a yellow powder having a melting point above 300 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 2 . 38 g ( 10 mmol ) of 4 , 4 - diacetylbiphenyl in 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 54 % of a pale yellow powder having a melting point & gt ; 300 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 2 . 50 g ( 10 mmol ) of 2 , 7 - diacetylfluorene in 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 66 % of a yellow powder having a melting point & gt ; 300 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 2 . 64 g ( 10 mmol ) of 2 , 7 - diacetyl - 9 , 10 - dihydronaphthene in 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 12 . 65 g ( 80 mmol ) of butyric anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the precipitate is filtered off with suction and washed with a little ethyl acetate and diethyl ether . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 39 % of a yellow powder having a melting point & gt ; 300 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 4 . 18 g ( 10 mmol ) of 2 , 7 - diacetyl - 9 , 9 ′- dihexylfluorene in 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride while stirring . the mixture is evaporated to dryness in a rotary evaporator and then chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 38 % of a yellow glassy solid . further purification is carried out by sublimation . a solution of 4 . 74 g ( 10 mmol ) of 2 , 7 - diacetyl - 9 , 9 ′- diisooctylfluorene in 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride is added dropwise , at a temperature of 60 ° c . over 3 hours , to a mixture of 7 . 52 g ( 40 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex and 8 . 16 g ( 80 mmol ) of acetic anhydride while stirring . the reaction mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at 60 ° c . and is cooled , and then 20 g of silica gel are added . the mixture is evaporated to dryness in a rotary evaporator and then chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 42 % of a yellow , highly - viscous oil . 0 . 92 g ( 4 . 9 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex is added dropwise to a solution of 3 g ( 2 . 4 mmol ) of dicarbonyl compound 2 ( 2 ) , prepared from a diacetyl compound and a corresponding ethyl benzoate by using ester condensation according to organikum , loc . cit ., in 100 ml of acetic acid , and the mixture is refluxed for 5 minutes . after cooling , 20 g of silica gel are added and the mixture is evaporated to dryness in a rotary evaporator . the mixture is chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 88 % of a yellow highly viscous oil . 0 . 92 g ( 4 . 9 mmol ) of a boron trifluoride / acetic acid complex is added dropwise to a solution of 1 . 94 g ( 2 . 4 mmol ) of dicarbonyl compound 2 ( 2 ) , prepared from a diacetyl compound and a corresponding ethyl benzoate by using ester condensation according to organikum , loc . cit ., in 100 ml of acetic acid , and the mixture is refluxed for 5 minutes . after cooling , 20 g of silica gel are added and the mixture is evaporated to dryness in a rotary evaporator . chromatography over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ) is then effected . the yield is 92 % of a yellow highly viscous oil . two grams ( 2 g = 20 mmol ) of triethylamine are added dropwise , at a temperature of 70 ° c ., to a mixture of 2 g ( 9 . 5 mmol ) of 6 - methyl - 4 - phenyl - 2 , 2 - difluoro - 1 , 3 , 2 -( 2h )- dioxaborine ( 3 ) and 1 . 61 g ( 4 mmol ) of cyanine former 1 ( 4 ) in 80 ml of acetonitrile and 10 ml of acetic anhydride . stirring is carried out for a further 10 minutes and , after cooling , the solid is filtered off with suction . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 78 % of a blue - gray powder having a melting point of 280 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . two grams ( 2 g = 20 mmol ) of triethylamine are added dropwise , at a temperature of 70 ° c ., to a mixture of 2 . 53 g ( 9 . 5 mmol ) of methoxytetralone - dioxaborine ( 5 ) and 1 . 87 g ( 4 mmol ) of cyanine former 2 ( 6 ) in 80 ml of acetonitrile and 10 ml of acetic anhydride . stirring is carried out for a further 10 minutes and , after cooling , the solid is filtered off with suction . for the purification , the solid is recrystallized from acetic anhydride and chromatographed over silica gel ( solvent — dichloromethane ). the yield is 78 % of a golden powder — melting point 287 ° c . further purification is carried out by sublimation . suitable solvents for the layer preparation are in principle all organic solvents whose boiling point is lower than the decomposition temperature of the dioxaborines and in which the compounds have a solubility of at least 0 . 1 percent by mass , e . g . chloroform , dichloromethane , thf , acetone , cyclohexanone , ethyl acetate , toluene , cresol , γ - butyrolactone , n - methylpyrrolidone and dimethylformamide . in each case , 100 mg of the dioxaborines described under examples 1 - 3 are dissolved in 10 g of chloroform by shaking the mixture of the two components in a closed sample tube on a shaker for 1 hour . the solution is then filtered by using pressure filtration ( filter size 0 . 2 μm ) into a steam - cleaned sample tube in order to remove particles . a solution prepared as under example 14 is applied by spin - coating ( 1000 - 5000 rpm , 20 s , nitrogen atmosphere ) to a suitable substrate on which transistor and / or circuit structures had been defined beforehand ( e . g . si wafer , glass or flexible sheet ). the substrate is then dried for 2 minutes at 80 ° c . under an inert gas . a compound ( i . e . examples 1 - 13 ) is applied to a substrate , as under example 15 , by vapor deposition by using an evaporator . the evaporation times here depend on the desired layer thickness . a solution prepared under example 14 is printed onto a suitable substrate by using a suitable template in a screen printing machine and then dried at 80 ° c . a field effect transistor processed as under examples 15 - 17 and include a gate electrode , a gate dielectric , and aluminum source and drain contacts is contacted by using a metal tip under an inert gas atmosphere on an analytical sampler . using an electrical parameter measuring apparatus ( for example one sold under the trademark agilent 4156 ), a transistor characteristic is measured . the charge carrier mobility is calculated from the characteristics . for compounds for examples 1 - 13 , electron mobilities between 10 − 3 and 10 − 1 cm 2 / vs were determined in this manner . 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