An Improved Synthesis of Pentacene Rapid Access to a Benchmark Organic Semiconductor.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 4625-4633; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article An Improved Synthesis of Pentacene: Rapid Access to a Benchmark Organic Semiconductor Chandrani Pramanik and Glen P. Miller * Department of Chemistry Materials Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ler@; Tel.: +1-603-862-2456; Fax: +1-603-862-4278. Received: 20 March 2012; in revised form: 6 April 2012 / Accepted: 6 April 2012 / Published: 20 April 2012 Abstract: Pentacene i