BDTT
CAS Number 1352642-37-5
Chemistry Building Blocks, Heterocyclic Building Blocks, Materials, Monomers,BDTT, for applications in OFETs, OLED, PLED and OPV
For the synthesis of small molecules and low band gap semiconducting polymers
Specifications | MSDS | Literature and Reviews
2,6-Bis(trimethytin)-4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene, or BDTT for short (CAS number 1352642-37-5), has been used for the synthesis of small molecules and low band gap polymer semiconductors such as PTB7, PCE10 and PBDB-T (PCE12) for OFETs, OLED, PLED, OPV applications.
Bearing two ethylhexyl alkyl side chains, with fused thiophenes and thiophenes as electron-rich pendants, 2,6-bis(trimethytin)-4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene offers good solubility for synthesis of polymer chains.
This monomer has been used in our own lab for the synthesis of PCE10 and PBDB-T (PCE12).
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Capped with trimethyltin
A monomer for PTB7, PCE10, and PCE12
Benzodithiophene building block
For semiconductors, OFETs, and solar cells
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High purity
>98% High purity
General Information
| CAS Number | 1352642-37-5 |
| Chemical Formula | C40H58S4Sn2 |
| Molecular Weight | 904.57 g/mol |
| Synonyms | BDT, BDTT |
| Classification / Family | Thiophene, Fused thiophene, Benzo-dithiophene heterocylic aromatics, Five-membered ring, Semiconductor synthesis intermediates, Low band gap polymers, OFETs, Organic photovoltaics, Polymer solar cells |
Chemical Structure
Product Details
| Purity | >98% (1H NMR) |
| Melting Point | N/A |
| Appearance | Light yellow crystals |
MSDS Documentation
Literature and Reviews
- Enhanced performance for organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by cooperative assembly of ter(ethylene oxide) pendants, L. Chen et al., Polym. Chem., 5, 4480-4487 (2014); DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00095A.
- Breaking the 10% Efficiency Barrier in Organic Photovoltaics: Morphology and Device Optimization of Well-Known PBDTTT Polymers, Adv. Energy Mater., 6, 1502529 (2016), S. Zhang et al., DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201502529.
- Study of Optical Properties and Molecular Aggregation of Conjugated Low Band Gap Copolymers: PTB7 and PTB7-Th, F. Bencheikh et al., J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 24643−24648 (2015); DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07803.