Heterocyclic fused selenophene monomers

US8148548B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Steffen Zahn · Pennsburg, US
• Richard V. C. Carr · Allentown, US
• Roberta Kathleen Hause · Saylorsburg, US
• Carrie A. Costello · Troy, US
• Mark McLaws · Ballston Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D345/00
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A heterocyclic fused selenophenes and a method of making a heterocyclic fused selenophenes of formula (1):wherein X is S or Se, Y is S or Se, wherein one or both of X and Y is Se, R is a substituent group. The monomer being capable of polymerization to form an electrically conductive polymer or oligomer.