Abstract
Spirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (SAHs) or spirocyclic arenes are functional building blocks in constructing amorphous organic/ polymeric semiconductors with high glass transition temperatures for organic electronic devices. In this review, SAHs were categorized into three classes - mono-spirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MSAHs), heteroatom-containing spirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HSAHs), and polyspirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PSAHs) based on MSAHs and HSAHs. Various synthetic strategies of SAHs, viz., o-halobiaryl method, diarylfluorene method, dibiarylketone method, one-pot domino synthesis, tandem dilithiation method, alkyne-fused aromatization, allene method, and other related routes were summarized.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2169-2195 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Current Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cruciform π-system
- Light-emitting materials
- O-halobiaryls
- Organic semiconductors
- Spiro-compounds
- Spirobifluorene