Elic Yagodkin

Time in the Lab

Fall 2007–Summer 2010

Education & Experience

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2010)

Thesis: Electrical Properties and Synthesis of Tetracene and Rubrene Derivatives 

B.S./M.S. Chemistry, Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2004)

Advisor: William A. Smit

Douglas Group Publications

Diarylindenotetracenes via a Selective Cross-Coupling/C–H Functionalization: Electron Donors for Organic Photovoltaic Cells. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1390–1393.

Preparation of 6,11-Dihydroxy-5,12-tetracenedione. Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2011, 43, 360–363.

Low temperature Kumada–Corriu cross-coupling of polychlorinated acene derivatives and a synthesis of sterically demanding acenes. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 3037–3040.

Synthesis, Solid State Properties, and Semiconductor Measurements of 5,6,11,12-Tetrachlorotetracene. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 16544–16548.