A new imidazolylquinoline for organic thin film transistor

A new active electronic material, 2-(naphtho[3,4]imidazol-2-yl)quinoline (NIQ), 1, has been synthesized and fully characterized. This compound exhibits field-effect carrier mobility and behaves as a p-type semiconductor (μFET = 0.148 cm2/V s at VDS = 10 V). NIQ and its related imidazolylquinoline compounds may have possible applications as active materials in organic thin film transistors.