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Professor SIMON WOODWARD's Outputs (3)

Syntheses of 7-substituted anthra[2,3-b]thiophene derivatives and naphtho[2,3-b:6,7-b’]dithiophene (2018)
Journal Article
Al-jumaili, M. A., & Woodward, S. (2018). Syntheses of 7-substituted anthra[2,3-b]thiophene derivatives and naphtho[2,3-b:6,7-b’]dithiophene. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83(18), 11437-11445. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01770

7-R-anthra[2,3-b]thiophene derivatives (1, R = H, Me, i-Pr, MeO) are prepared in three steps (in average overall yield >50%) starting from (E)-4-RC6H4CH2(HOCH2)C=CI(CH2OH). The latter are commercial or readily prepared from 2-butyne-1,4-diol and ArC... Read More about Syntheses of 7-substituted anthra[2,3-b]thiophene derivatives and naphtho[2,3-b:6,7-b’]dithiophene.

Capturing waste heat energy with charge-transfer organic thermoelectrics (2018)
Journal Article
Dimitrov, V., & Woodward, S. (2018). Capturing waste heat energy with charge-transfer organic thermoelectrics. SYNTHESIS, 50(19), 3833-3842. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1610208

Electrically conducting organic salts, known for over 60 years, have recently demonstrated new abilities to convert waste heat directly into electrical power via the thermoelectric effect. Multiple opportunities are emerging for new structure-propert... Read More about Capturing waste heat energy with charge-transfer organic thermoelectrics.

Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of 2- and 2,8-substituted tetrathiotetracenes (2018)
Journal Article
Robert Garrett, M., Durán-Peña, M. J., Lewis, W., Pudzs, K., Uzulis, J., Mihailovs, I., Tyril, B., Shine, J., Smith, E. F., Rutkis, M., & Woodward, S. (2018). Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of 2- and 2,8-substituted tetrathiotetracenes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(13), 3403-3409. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc00073e

Reaction of elemental sulfur with 2-R1 and 2,8-R1,R2-substituted tetracenes (2) in refluxing DMF affords 5,6,11,12 tetrathiotetracenes (1) in good yields (74-99%) for a range of substituents where R1,R2 are: H,H (a); Me,H (b); MeO,H (c); Ph,H (d); Me... Read More about Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of 2- and 2,8-substituted tetrathiotetracenes.