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Method of preparing a thiophene-containing or furan-containing conjugated compound and precursor compound and use thereof for making semiconductor device

US6184540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31533
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of preparing thiophene-containing or furan-containing conjugated compounds such as polythiophene. The method uses a precursor compound having tetrahydrothiophene or tetrahydrofuran precursor units having arylthio or alkylthio substituents. The precursor units can be thermally converted into thiophene or furan units. Due to the presence of the precursor units the precursor compound is soluble and can, unlike the corresponding conjugated compound, be processed from solution.

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