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Regiospecific design strategies for 3-arylpolythiophenes with pendant stable radical groups
Article first published online: 21 JAN 2000
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19990315)37:6<779::AID-POLA13>3.0.CO;2-2
Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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1099-0518/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=64cb9b1d129d058a6e438dd5e605025a7bcef0c6 "Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry")
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume 37, Issue 6, pages 779–788, 15 March 1999
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How to Cite
Xie, C. and Lahti, P. M. (1999), Regiospecific design strategies for 3-arylpolythiophenes with pendant stable radical groups. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 37: 779–788. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19990315)37:6<779::AID-POLA13>3.0.CO;2-2
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2000
- Article first published online: 21 JAN 2000
- Manuscript Accepted: 24 JUL 1998
- Manuscript Received: 8 APR 1998
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Keywords:
- polythiophenes;
- polyradicals;
- conjugated polymers;
- magnetic materials
Abstract
Carbon—carbon bond-forming polymerization of 2-bromo-3-(3′,5′-di-t-butyl-4′-methoxyphenyl)-thiophene yields poly[3-(3′,5′-di-t-butyl-4′-methoxyphenyl)-2,5-thienylene] with regiospecific connectivity and a degree of polymerization of about six. Lewis-acid-moderated-cleavage of the methoxy groups on the pendant phenyl group yield the corresponding polyphenolic polymer, which is oxidized under solution conditions to yield the title polyradical. Poly[3-(3′,5′-di-t-butyl-4′-oxyphenyl)-2,5-thienylene] exhibits a strong, persistent electron spin resonance spectrum and a UV–visible spectrum consistent with formation of the pendant phenoxyl spin-bearing units. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 779–788, 1999