Disclosure of Invention
In order to improve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I):
wherein each R is1Identical or different, independently of one another, from: hydrogen, halogen, cyano, unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one, two or more RaSubstituted of the following groups: c1-40Alkyl radical, C1-40Alkoxy radical, C3-20Cycloalkyl radical, C3-20Cycloalkyloxy, 3-20 membered heterocyclyl, 3-20 membered heterocyclyloxy, C6-20Aryl radical, C6-20Aryloxy, 5-20 membered heteroaryl, 5-20 membered heteroaryloxy, - (O- (CH)2)n-O)mH、-COO-R3、-CO-R4;
Each R2Identical or different, independently of one another, from: hydrogen, halogen, cyano, unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one, two or more RbSubstituted of the following groups: c1-40Alkyl radical, C1-40Alkoxy radical, C3-20Cycloalkyl radical, C3-20Cycloalkyloxy, 3-20 membered heterocyclic ringGroup, 3-20 membered heterocyclyloxy group, C6-20Aryl radical, C6-20Aryloxy, 5-20 membered heteroaryl, 5-20 membered heteroaryloxy, - (O- (CH)2)n-O)mH、-COO-R3、-CO-R4;
Wherein m and n are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of integers of 1 to 8, preferably 1 to 6;
the R is3、R4Same or different, independently from each other selected from H, C1-40Alkyl radical, C3-20Cycloalkyl, 3-20 membered heterocyclyl, C6-20Aryl, 5-20 membered heteroaryl;
each R5、R7、R8Identical or different, independently of one another, from: o (oxygen), S (sulfur), Se (selenium), Te (tellurium), CR9(ii) a The R is9Selected from H, unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one, two or more RcSubstituted of the following groups: c1-40Alkyl radical, C2-40Alkenyl radical, C2-40Alkynyl, C1-40Alkoxy radical, C3-20Cycloalkyl, 3-20 membered heterocyclyl, C6-20Aryl radical, C6-20Aryloxy, 5-20 membered heteroaryl, 5-20 membered heteroaryloxy;
each R6Identical or different, independently of one another, from: CH. N;
each Ra、Rb、RcIdentical or different, independently of one another, from the group formed by-F, -Cl, -Br, -I, -OH, -SH, -CN, -O, -NO2、-NH2Halogen substituted C1-40Alkyl, halo C1-40Alkyloxy, C1-40Alkyl radical, C1-40Alkoxy radical, C1-40Alkylthio radical, C2-40Alkenyl radical, C2-40Alkenyloxy radical, C2-40Alkenylthio radical, C2-40Alkynyl, C2-40Alkynyloxy, C2-40Alkynylthio, C3-20Cycloalkyl radical, C3-20Cycloalkyl oxy, C3-20Cycloalkylthio, 3-20 membered heterocyclyl, 3-20 membered heterocyclyloxy, 3-20 membered heterocyclylthio, C6-20Aryl radical, C6-20Aryloxy radical, C6-20Arylthio, 5-20 membered heteroaryl, 5-20-membered heteroaryloxy, 5-20-membered heteroarylthio.
In a preferred embodiment, the compound of formula (I) has the structure:
wherein R is1、R2、R5、R6、R7、R8Have the above definitions;
in a preferred embodiment, each R is1Identical or different, independently of one another, from: hydrogen, halogen, unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one, two or more RaSubstituted of the following groups: c1-40Alkyl radical, C1-40Alkoxy, - (O- (CH)2)n-O)mH、C6-20An aryl group; m and n are the same or different and are independently selected from integers of 1 to 3; preferably, RaCan be selected from-F, -Cl, -Br, -I; preferably, said R is1Can be selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, trifluoromethyl, phenyl, n-hexyl;
in a preferred embodiment, each R is
2Identical or different, independently of one another, from: cyano, unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one, two or more R
bSubstituted of the following groups: c
1-40Alkyl radical, C
1-40Alkoxy, - (O- (CH)
2)
n-O)
mH、-COO-R
3、-CO-R
4、C
6-20An aryl group; m and n are the same or different and are independently selected from integers of 1 to 3; the R is
b、R
3、R
4Having the definitions set out above; for example, R
2Can be selected from
Each R5、R7、R8Identical or different, independently of one another, from: o, S, Se, Te, CR9(ii) a The R is9For example selected from H;
each R6Identical or different, independently of one another, from: CH. And N is added.
As an example, the compound of formula (I) is selected from the following specific compounds:
the present invention also provides a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) as defined above, comprising the steps of:
A) reacting the compound of the formula (II) with malononitrile and an oxidant to obtain a compound of the formula (I);
wherein R' "is halogen (e.g., fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo), R1、R2、R5、R6、R7、R8Having the above definition.
According to the present invention, there is provided,
the preparation method specifically comprises the following steps: reacting a compound of formula (II) with malononitrile; then adding an oxidant for reaction to obtain a compound shown as a formula (I);
the reaction may be carried out in a solvent selected from ethereal solvents, such as 1, 4-dioxane;
further, when the compound of formula (II) is reacted with malononitrile, a base and a catalyst may be added to the reaction; the reaction can be carried out under heating, preferably under heated reflux; the reaction time may be 2-6 hours, for example 4 hours;
the base is preferably a strong base; the strong base is for example selected from sodium hydride;
the catalyst is selected from palladium catalysts, such as palladium tetratriphenylphosphine;
further, after the reaction of the compound of formula (II) with malononitrile is completed; the reaction system is preferably cooled, for example to room temperature; then adding an oxidant into the reaction system for reaction; the reaction may add an acid, which may be selected from hydrochloric acid, e.g. hydrochloric acid solution; the reaction time may be 0.5 to 2 hours, for example 1 hour;
the oxidant may be selected from 2, 3-dichloro-5, 6 dicyanobenzoquinone;
according to the invention, the preparation method specifically comprises the following steps: dissolving strong base and malononitrile in solvent, stirring, adding compound of formula (II) and catalyst, heating and refluxing. After cooling to room temperature, hydrochloric acid and an oxidizing agent were added.
According to the invention, the compound of formula (II) can be prepared by a process comprising:
1) mixing the compound of formula (IV) with the compound of formula (V) to obtain a compound of formula (III);
2) reacting the compound shown in the formula (III) with a halogenating agent to generate a compound shown in the formula (II);
wherein R' is an organotin group such as tri-n-butylstannyl, trimethylstannyl; r ", R'" are identical or different and are independently from each other selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine; r1、R2、R5、R6、R7、R8Having the above definition.
According to the present invention, in step 1),
the reaction may be carried out with the addition of a catalyst selected from palladium catalysts, such as palladium tetratriphenylphosphine.
The reaction may be carried out in a solvent selected from at least one of aromatic hydrocarbon solvents and amide solvents, for example, a mixed solvent selected from toluene and N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF), and the volume ratio of the two may be 1: 1;
the temperature of the reaction may be 50-130 ℃, for example 90 ℃.
The reaction time may be 12 to 36 hours, for example 48 hours.
According to the present invention, in step 2),
the halogenating agent comprises a fluorinating agent, a chlorinating agent, a brominating agent and an iodizing agent; for example, the brominating agent is selected from N-bromosuccinimide.
The reaction may be carried out in a solvent selected from at least one of halogenated hydrocarbon solvents and amide solvents, for example, a mixed solvent of chloroform and N, N-dimethylformamide, and the volume ratio of the two solvents may be 3: 1.
The reaction may be carried out at room temperature.
The reaction time may be 1 to 3 hours, for example 2 hours.
According to the invention, the preparation method of the compound of formula (II) may be specifically: dissolving the compound of formula (IV) and the compound of formula (V) in a solvent, adding palladium tetratriphenylphosphine, and stirring at 90 ℃ in the dark for two days. The resulting compound of formula (III) was dissolved in a solvent, NBS was added in the dark, and stirred at room temperature for two hours.
The invention also provides application of the compound shown in the formula (I) as a thermoelectric material in wearable power supply equipment or miniature refrigeration equipment.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the compound of the formula (I) prepared by the invention has the characteristics of large rigidity pi-conjugated plane and strong diradical, and has excellent conductivity. The compounds of formula (I) of the present invention are planar molecules with a fixed structure and no isomers. The compound has high conductivity and has the characteristic property of electron type dominant carrier conduction. The characteristic property of high conductivity is related to the characteristic strong diradical property through theoretical calculation and energy spectrum analysis.
The compound of the formula (I) has a rigid planar molecular structure and a narrow conduction band-valence band gap, so that the activation energy required for converting closed-shell quinoid into open-shell aromatic diradical is small, the coexistence of an electron-deficient quinoid structure and an electron-rich aromatic structure is realized, autodoping is carried out, and the generation of carriers is induced. So the conduction of the biradical molecules is very strong. The compound of the formula (I) covers different diradical intensities, the diradical intensity of the compound can be regulated and controlled through different aromaticity of thiophene and selenophene, and the characteristic value of the strongest diradical is 0.52 (calculated by quantum chemistry, namely (U) CAM-B3LYP/6-31G (d, p)). The conductivity of the film in the horizontal direction is up to 0.29S cm through a four-probe method-1. The quinoid tetrathiophene conjugated molecule has high air stability and high conductivity and is suitable for application of N-type organic thermoelectric materials and electron transport layers. Wherein the power factor of the thermoelectric performance is as high as 1.4 mu W m-1K-2。
2. The compound of formula (I) prepared by the invention has the characteristic of easy functionalization, and can realize effective regulation and control of autodoping degree by virtue of the aromaticity of heterocyclic rings.
3. The preparation method of the compound shown in the formula (I) is simple, has high product yield, and is suitable for industrial large-scale production.
Definition and description of terms
Unless otherwise indicated, the definitions of groups and terms described in the specification and claims of the present application, including definitions thereof as examples, exemplary definitions, preferred definitions, definitions described in tables, definitions of specific compounds in the examples, and the like, may be arbitrarily combined and coupled with each other. The definitions of the groups and the structures of the compounds in such combinations and after the combination are within the scope of the present specification.
The term "halogen" is to be understood as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine.
The term "C1-40Alkyl is understood to preferably mean a straight-chain or branched, saturated monovalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably C1-10An alkyl group. "C1-10Alkyl "is understood to preferably mean a straight-chain or branched, saturated monovalent hydrocarbon radical having 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms. The alkyl group is, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, isopentyl, 2-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 1, 2-dimethylpropyl, neopentyl, 1-dimethylpropyl, 4-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentylPentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-ethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 3-dimethylbutyl, 2-dimethylbutyl, 1-dimethylbutyl, 2, 3-dimethylbutyl, 1, 3-dimethylbutyl or 1, 2-dimethylbutyl, and the like, or isomers thereof. In particular, the radicals have 1,2, 3,4, 5,6 carbon atoms ("C)1-6Alkyl groups) such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, more particularly groups having 1,2 or 3 carbon atoms ("C)1-3Alkyl groups) such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl.
The term "C2-40Alkenyl "is understood to preferably mean a straight-chain or branched monovalent hydrocarbon radical comprising one or more double bonds and having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably" C2-10Alkenyl ". "C2-10Alkenyl "is understood to preferably mean a straight-chain or branched, monovalent hydrocarbon radical which contains one or more double bonds and has 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms, in particular 2 or 3 carbon atoms (" C2-3Alkenyl "), it being understood that in the case where the alkenyl group comprises more than one double bond, the double bonds may be separated from each other or conjugated. The alkenyl group is, for example, vinyl, allyl, (E) -2-methylvinyl, (Z) -2-methylvinyl, (E) -but-2-enyl, (Z) -but-2-enyl, (E) -but-1-enyl, (Z) -but-1-enyl, pent-4-enyl, (E) -pent-3-enyl, (Z) -pent-3-enyl, (E) -pent-2-enyl, (Z) -pent-2-enyl, (E) -pent-1-enyl, (Z) -pent-1-enyl, hex-5-enyl, (E) -hex-4-enyl, (Z) -hex-4-enyl, m-n-2-enyl, m-n-1-enyl, m-n-E-4-enyl, m-n-2-enyl, m-n-enyl, m-E-4-enyl, m-2-enyl, m-pent-1-enyl, m-2-methyl-enyl, m-2-methylvinyl, m-2-methyl-2-methylvinyl, m-but-2-enyl, (E) -hex-3-enyl, (Z) -hex-3-enyl, (E) -hex-2-enyl, (Z) -hex-2-enyl, (E) -hex-1-enyl, (Z) -hex-1-enyl, isopropenyl, 2-methylprop-2-enyl, 1-methylprop-2-enyl, 2-methylprop-1-enyl, (E) -1-methylprop-1-enyl, (Z) -1-methylprop-1-enyl, 3-methylbut-3-enyl, 2-methylbut-3-enyl, 1-methylbut-3-enyl, 3-methylbut-2-enyl, (E) -2-methylbut-2-enyl, (Z) -2-methylbut-2-enyl, (E) -1-methylbut-2-enyl, (Z) -1-methylbut-2-enyl, (E) -3-methylbut-1-enyl, (Z) -3-methylbut-1-enyl, (E) -2-methylbut-1-enyl, (Z) -2-methylbut-1-enyl, (E) -1-methylbut-1-alkenyl, (Z) -1-methylbut-1-enyl, 1-dimethylprop-2-enyl, 1-ethylprop-1-enyl, 1-propylvinyl, 1-isopropylvinyl.
The term "C2-40Alkynyl "is understood to mean a straight-chain or branched monovalent hydrocarbon radical comprising one or more triple bonds and having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably" C2-C10Alkynyl ". The term "C2-C10Alkynyl "is understood as preferably meaning a straight-chain or branched, monovalent hydrocarbon radical which contains one or more triple bonds and has 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms. The alkynyl group is, for example, ethynyl, prop-1-ynyl, prop-2-ynyl, but-1-ynyl, but-2-ynyl, but-3-ynyl, pent-1-ynyl, pent-2-ynyl, pent-3-ynyl, pent-4-ynyl, hex-1-ynyl, hex-2-ynyl, hex-3-ynyl, hex-4-ynyl, hex-5-ynyl, 1-methylprop-2-ynyl, 2-methylbut-3-ynyl, 1-methylbut-2-ynyl, 3-methylbut-1-ynyl, 1-ethylprop-2-ynyl, prop-2-ynyl, but-3-methylbut-1-ynyl, and so-1-ethylprop-2-ynyl, 3-methylpent-4-ynyl, 2-methylpent-4-ynyl, 1-methylpent-4-ynyl, 2-methylpent-3-ynyl, 1-methylpent-3-ynyl, 4-methylpent-2-ynyl, 1-methylpent-2-ynyl, 4-methylpent-1-ynyl, 3-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-ethylbut-3-ynyl, 1-ethylbut-2-ynyl, 1-propylprop-2-ynyl, 1-isopropylprop-2-ynyl, 2-dimethylbut-3-ynyl, 2-methylpent-4-ynyl, 1-methylpent-4-ynyl, 2-methylpent-1-ynyl, 3-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-ynyl, 2-dimethylbut-3-ynyl, 2-methylpent-2-ynyl, 4-methylpent-alkynyl, 4-ynyl, 2-methylpent-3-ynyl, 3-methylpent-ynyl, 3-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, 3-1-methylpent-ynyl, 3-ynyl, 2-methylpent-1-ynyl, 3-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, methyl-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-1-methylpent-1-methylpent-1-ynyl, 2-1-ynyl, 2-1-2-1-2-ynyl, 2-alkynyl, 2-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 2, 1, 1-dimethylbut-3-ynyl, 1-dimethylbut-2-ynyl or 3, 3-dimethylbut-1-ynyl. In particular, the alkynyl group is ethynyl, prop-1-ynyl or prop-2-ynyl.
The term "C3-20Cycloalkyl is understood to mean a saturated monovalent monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably "C3-10Cycloalkyl groups ". The term "C3-10Cycloalkyl "is understood to mean a saturated monovalent monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring having 3,4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 carbon atoms. Said C is3-10Cycloalkyl groups may be monocyclic hydrocarbon groups such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, cyclononyl or cyclodecyl, or bicyclic hydrocarbon groups such as decalin rings.
The term "3-20 membered heterocyclyl" means a saturated monovalent monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring comprising 1-5 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O or S, preferably "3-10 membered heterocyclyl". The term "3-10 membered heterocyclyl" means a saturated monovalent monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring comprising 1-5, preferably 1-3 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S. The heterocyclic group may be attached to the rest of the molecule through any of the carbon atoms or nitrogen atom (if present). In particular, the heterocyclic group may include, but is not limited to: 4-membered rings such as azetidinyl, oxetanyl; 5-membered rings such as tetrahydrofuranyl, dioxolyl, pyrrolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, pyrrolinyl; or a 6-membered ring such as tetrahydropyranyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, dithianyl, thiomorpholinyl, piperazinyl, or trithianyl; or a 7-membered ring such as diazepanyl. Optionally, the heterocyclic group may be benzo-fused. The heterocyclyl group may be bicyclic, for example but not limited to a 5,5 membered ring, such as a hexahydrocyclopenta [ c ] pyrrol-2 (1H) -yl ring, or a 5,6 membered bicyclic ring, such as a hexahydropyrrolo [1,2-a ] pyrazin-2 (1H) -yl ring. The nitrogen atom containing ring may be partially unsaturated, i.e., it may contain one or more double bonds, such as, but not limited to, 2, 5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolyl, 4H- [1,3,4] thiadiazinyl, 4, 5-dihydrooxazolyl, or 4H- [1,4] thiazinyl, or it may be benzo-fused, such as, but not limited to, dihydroisoquinolinyl. According to the invention, the heterocyclic radical is non-aromatic.
The term "C6-20Aryl "is understood to preferably mean a mono-, bi-or tricyclic hydrocarbon ring having a monovalent or partially aromatic character with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably" C6-14Aryl ". The term "C6-14Aryl "is to be understood as preferably meaning a mono-, bi-or tricyclic hydrocarbon ring having a monovalent or partially aromatic character with 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 carbon atoms (" C6-14Aryl group "), in particular a ring having 6 carbon atoms (" C6Aryl "), such as phenyl; or biphenyl, or is a ring having 9 carbon atoms ("C9Aryl), such as indanyl or indenyl, or a ring having 10 carbon atoms ("C10Aryl "), e.g. tetrahydronaphthylDihydronaphthyl or naphthyl, or is a ring having 13 carbon atoms ("C)13Aryl radicals), such as the fluorenyl radical, or a ring having 14 carbon atoms ("C)14Aryl), such as anthracenyl.
The term "5-20 membered heteroaryl" is understood to include such monovalent monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic aromatic ring systems: having 5 to 20 ring atoms and comprising 1 to 5 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O or S, such as "5-14 membered heteroaryl". The term "5-14 membered heteroaryl" is understood to include such monovalent monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic aromatic ring systems: which has 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 ring atoms, in particular 5 or 6 or 9 or 10 carbon atoms, and which contains 1 to 5, preferably 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected independently of one another from N, O or S and, in addition, can be benzo-fused in each case. In particular, heteroaryl is selected from thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, triazolyl, thiadiazolyl, thia-4H-pyrazolyl and the like and their benzo derivatives, such as benzofuryl, benzothienyl, benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzotriazolyl, indazolyl, indolyl, isoindolyl and the like; or pyridyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, triazinyl, and the like, and benzo derivatives thereof, such as quinolyl, quinazolinyl, isoquinolyl, and the like; or azocinyl, indolizinyl, purinyl and the like and benzo derivatives thereof; or cinnolinyl, phthalazinyl, quinazolinyl, quinoxalinyl, naphthyridinyl, pteridinyl, carbazolyl, acridinyl, phenazinyl, phenothiazinyl, phenoxazinyl, and the like.
Unless otherwise indicated, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylene include all possible isomeric forms thereof, e.g., positional isomers thereof. Thus, for some illustrative, non-limiting examples, pyridyl or pyridinylene includes pyridin-2-yl, pyridinylene-2-yl, pyridin-3-yl, pyridinylene-3-yl, pyridin-4-yl, and pyridinylene-4-yl; thienyl or thienylene includes thien-2-yl, thien-3-yl and thien-3-yl.