“…In this work, we present a mass spectrometric study of pentacene and four derivatives: symmetric 6,13-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)-ethynyl]-pentacene (TIPS), 5,14-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)-ethynyl]-pentacene (offset TIPS or o-TIPS), 6,13-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)-ethynyl]-pentacene-2,3-dicarbonitrile or TIPS(CN) 2 , and 6,13-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)-ethynyl]-pentacene-2,3,9,10-tetracarbonitrile or TIPS(CN) 4 (derivatives with additional cyanide groups attached to the pentacene) (see Figure 1). The first two selected funtionalized pentacene derivatives have demonstrated significant conductivity enhancement [2]; the carbonitrile derivatives are newly synthesized molecules and not yet examined as material for OTFTs.…”