An Extended-gate-type Organic Transistor for Monitoring the Menschutkin Reaction of Tetrazole at a Solid-liquid Interface

We herein propose an approach to visualize the Menschutkin reaction at an interface between a self-assembled monolayer with nucleophilic properties and water containing alkyl halides. An organic field-effect transistor functionalized with a nucleophilic monolayer has detected alkylation depending on differences in the leaving group ability and the bulkiness of electrophilic alkyls.