Synthesis and optical properties of poly(thienylacetylenes)

Ben Zhong Tang; Wan Hong Poon; Han Peng; Nai Ching Wong; Henry; Hin Shan Ye; Takashi Monde

Synthesis and optical properties of poly(thienylacetylenes)

Ben Zhong Tang^*, Wan Hong Poon, Han Peng, Nai Ching Wong, Henry, Hin Shan Ye, Takashi Monde

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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Abstract

3-Ethynyl-4-(trimethylsilyl)thiophene (1a) and 3-ethynyl-4-bromothiophene (1b) selectively undergo acetylene polymerizations in the presence of the MoCl₅- and WCl₆-Ph₃SiH catalysts to give soluble, high-molecular-weight poly(thienylacetylenes) (2) (M_w up to 602000) in high yields (up to 100%). Light transmission spectra of THF solutions of 2 continuously red-shift with increasing concentration. The concentratochromism shows a logarithmic concentration dependence; that is, the optical transitions of 2 are predictably tunable by simply changing their concentrations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-86
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition)
Volume	17
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

Chromic effects
Conjugated polymers
Light transmission
Optical materials
Poly(thienylacetylenes)
Polyacetylenes
π-π interaction

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Synthesis and optical properties of poly(thienylacetylenes)

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