Poly(trimethylsilylcyclooctatetraene): A soluble conjugated polyacetylene via olefin metathesis
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA)
highly conjugated polymers, such as polyacetylene, polythiophene, and poly(p-phenylene vinylene), have been the subject of intensive research due to their intriguing optical and electronic properties. These parent systems are highly desirable for experimental and theoretical studies due to their simplicity. Their intractability, however, has made characterization an arduous task, and insolubility has severely limited their applications. Researchers have successfully circumvented these obstacles by synthesizing soluble alkyl- and alkoxy-substituted polythiphenes and poly(p-phenylene vinylenes). Analogous soluble highly conjugated polyacetylene derivatives have proven more elusive. The authors report here the synthesis of such a polymer using ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP).
- OSTI ID:
- 7069580
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA) Vol. 111:19; ISSN 0002-7863; ISSN JACSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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