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One of many popular alkylated thiophenes used as a building block

Adds solubility to the target molecules in application of OFETs and OPVs. The alkyl chain can also adjust the film morphology in film.


2-Decylthiophene (CAS number 24769-39-9) is one of the many popular alkylated thiophenes that are used as building blocks for the synthesis of semiconducting small molecules, oligomers and polymers in application of polymer solar cells and organic field-effect transistors. 2-Decylthiophene has thiophene structure with a decyl group (C10H21) at 2-position.

Fabricated device based on piceno[4,3-b:9,10-b′]dithiophene with two decyl end groups (C10-PiDT) shows typical p-type characteristics under ambient conditions in the dark. The best hole mobilities under the optimized FET parameters showed an excellent hole mobility of 1.21 cm2 V-1 s-1 [1].

General Information

CAS Number 24769-39-9
Chemical Formula C14H24S
Full Name 2-Decylthiophene
Molecular Weight 224.41 g/mol
Synonyms N/A
Classification / Family Thiophene, Semiconductor synthesis intermediates, Low band gap polymers, OLED, OFETs, organic photovoltaics

Chemical Structure

2-decylthiophene chemical structure
2-Decylthiophene chemical structure, CAS 24769-39-9

Product Details

Purity >98% (1H NMR)
Boiling point Tm = 167 °C at 17 mmHg
Appearance Light yellow to orange liquid
Relative Density 0.91

MSDS Documentation

2-Decylthiophene2-Decylthiophene MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews

  1. Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Piceno[4,3-b:9,10-b′]dithiophene Derivatives and Their Application in Organic Field-Effect Transistors, K. Hyodo et al., ACS Omega, 2, 1, 308–315 (2017); DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00015.
  2. High performance solution-crystallized thin-film transistors based on V-shaped thieno[3,2-f:4,5-f′]bis[1]benzothiophene semiconductors, C. Mitsui et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 5, 1903-1909 (2017); DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04721A.
  3. Synthesis and thermal behaviour of α,α′-didecyloligothiophenes, S. Ponomarenko et al., J. Mater. Chem., 13, 197-202 (2003); DOI: 10.1039/B209176C.
  4. Conformationally Twisted Semiconducting Polythiophene Derivatives with Alkylthiophene Side Chain: High Solubility and Air Stability, J. Park et al., Macromolecules, 43, 5, 2118–2123 (2010); DOI: 10.1021/ma902396n.
  5. Structural and Electronic Effects of 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Units Incorporated into Polythiophene Chains, H. Pang et al., Macromolecules, 40, 18, 6585–6593 (2007); DOI: 10.1021/ma071242n.
  6. Synthesis and Transistor Properties of Asymmetric Oligothiophenes: Relationship between Molecular Structure and Device Performance, T. An et al., Chem. Eur. J., 19 (42), 14052-14060 (2013); DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302588.
  7. Heterocycle Effects on the Liquid Crystallinity of Terthiophene Analogues, D. Ester et al., Materials, 12(14), 2314 (2019); DOI: 10.3390/ma12142314 .
  8. New dithienophosphole-based donor–acceptor alternating copolymers: Synthesis and structure property relationships in OFET, M. Sung et al., Dyes Pigm., 125, 316-322 (2016); DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2015.09.026.
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