Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
Daniel Végh
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
Dušan Bortňák
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
Veronika Šmejkalová
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
Jozef Kožíšek
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
Viktor Milata
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
The convenient and multigram synthesis of a linear benzo[b]dithiophene (BDT) structure is proposed (dimethyl 3,7-diamino-4,8-bis((2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)thio)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene-2,6-dicarboxylate). The starting materials are commercially available 2,3,5,6-tetrachloroterephthalonitrile and methyl 2-mercaptoacetate, which undergo aromatic substitution, followed by a cyclization reaction in basic conditions to form suitable BDT for potential optoelectronic applications.
