Journal
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 75, Issue 9, Pages 506-522Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/CH21235
Keywords
molecular electronics; molecule-electrode coupling; molecular junction; molecular wire; oligo(phenylene-ethynylene); single-molecule conductance; Sonogashira coupling; STM-break junction
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Funding
- Australian Research Council [DP190100073, DP190100074, LE150100148, FT2001000243]
- Forrest Research Foundation
- Australian Research Council [LE150100148] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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This study presents a convenient two-step, one-pot synthesis of oligo(arylene-ethynylene) (OAE) molecular wires. The method avoids the multi-step preparation and purification of terminal alkynes. The experimental data suggest that the molecular conductance of the wires is better correlated with the nature of the anchor group rather than the degree of aromaticity of the molecular core.
A convenient two-step, one-pot synthesis of oligo(arylene-ethynylene) (OAE) type molecular wires in yields of up to 70% via in situ desilylation of protected bis(alkynes) Me3SiC=CArC=CSiMe3 (Ar = 2,5-thienyl, 1,4-naphthylene, 9,10-anthrylene) and subsequent Sonogashira cross-coupling with S-(4-iodophenyl) ethanethiolate, 4-iodothioanisole, or 5-bromo3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene is described. The in situ desilylation avoids the manipulation of the sensitive terminal dialkynes (HC=CArC=CH), whilst the general approach presented has some advantages over alternative synthetic strategies based on coupling of aryl dihalides (XArX) by avoiding the multi-step preparation and purification of the terminal alkynes S-(4-ethynylphenyl) ethanethiolate, 4-ethynylthioanisole and 5-ethynyl 3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo [b]thiophene. The molecular conductance of the resulting thiolate or thioether functionalised OAE molecular wires has been determined using scanning tunneling microscope break junction (STM-BJ) methods. The trends in molecular conductance do not track simply with the degree of aromaticity of the molecular core despite the rather similar molecular lengths. Rather, the STM-BJ data are better correlated with the nature of the anchor group, highlighting the important role of electrode molecule coupling on electron transport in a molecular junction. The experimental conductance data are in good agreement with recently described quantum circuit rules, further highlighting the potential for these relationships to be used as predictive tools in molecular electronics research.
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