3,4-Dimethoxythiophene is used as an electronic materials intermediate. It is used as a starting material in the synthesis of porphyrin dyad which is used to study photoinduced energy transfer.
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Applications
3,4-Dimethoxythiophene is used as an electronic materials intermediate. It is used as a starting material in the synthesis of porphyrin dyad which is used to study photoinduced energy transfer.
Solubility
Miscible with organic solvents. Slightly miscible with water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Shibasaki, K.; Watanab, M.; Kijima, M. Synthesis and characterization of soluble poly(3,4-phenylenedioxythiophene). Synth. Met. 2015,205 18-22.
- DiCarmine, P. M.; Schon, T. B.; McCormick, T. M.; Klein, P. P.; Seferos, D. S. Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Electrochemical Supercapacitors: Synthesis, Testing, and Theory. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (16), 8295-8307.
- Kumar, P.; Kashid, V. S.; Mague, J. T.; Balakrishna, M. S. An efficient approach for the synthesis of functionalized selenoethers and selenacalix[4]thiophenes, {2,5-(μ-Se)(3,4-dialkoxythiophene)}4 Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55 (38), 5232-5235.