Tetrabenzodiazaporphyrin: the semiconducting hybrid of phthalocyanine and tetrabenzoporphyrin

Abstract

Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene(BCOD)-fused diazaporphyrin was synthesized by the reaction of BCOD-fused dipyrromethane with sodium nitrite in acetic acid/ethanol in the presence of copper(II) acetylacetonate. This soluble precursor was converted into the semiconducting thin film of (tetrabenzodiazaporphyrinato)copper(II) by heating after fabrication via spin-coating.