Fused polycyclic aromatic compound, process for producing the same, and use thereof

Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a novel fused polycyclic aromatic compound of the present invention is (a) a compound including a benzodichalcogenophenobenzodichalcogenophene (BXBX) skeleton further having an aromatic ring(s) located outside the BXBX skeleton, or (b) a compound including a BXBX skeleton in which a benzene ring is substituted with a heterocyclic ring. The compound can strengthen intermolecular interaction due to greater π electron orbits. This improves an electron field effect mobility of an organic semiconductor device that is manufactured by use of the compound as an organic semiconductor material. Further, since the number of fused rings included in the compound is small, the compound does not cause problems that generally occur in compounds having an extremely large number of fused rings, i.e., poor solubility in solvent and poor atmospheric stability due to high affinity to oxygen. As a result, the fused polycyclic aromatic compound of the present invention can be preferably used as an organic semiconductor material.

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