Bio-inspired uracil building blocks as terminal functional groups for electronic materials

This bachelor thesis focuses on synthesis, purification and characterization of bio-inspired electron-accepting motifs based on N,N’-dialkylated barbituric acid derivatives for potential applications in the field of N-type organic semiconductors. The theoretical part deals with organic semiconductors and principles of their conductivity. Further covered topics are uracil, barbituric acid and its derivatives, synthetic approaches to target molecules and their analogues are also included. Within the experimental part two types of alkyl substituents were chosen – a flexible butyl and a bulky and rigid adamantylethyl. Both were incorporated into the structure via appropriate dialkylurea, which underwent condensation in the next phase. The final step of the synthetic route was the Knoevenagel condensation with a -conjugated trimer