(E)-7-(4-(Diphenylamino)styryl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-4-carbonitrile

Donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-A) structures with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole as an internal acceptor and the 4(7)-cyanogroup as anchor acceptor have been investigated for various photovoltaic applications such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). They are usually obtained by cyanation of 4(7)-bromo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles. In this communication, the reaction of (E)-4-(2-(7-bromobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)vinyl)-N,N-diphenylaniline with cyanating agents was studied and it was shown that the best yield of (E)-7-(4-(diphenylamino)styryl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-4-carbonitrile was achieved by heating with zinc cyanide in NMP at 120 °C in the presence of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0). The structure of newly synthesized compound was established by means of an elemental analysis, high resolution mass-spectrometry, 1H, 13C-NMR, IR, UV spectroscopy and mass-spectrometry.