Synthesis of vinylogous TTF-containing polymers via oxidative polymerization of bisdithiafulvenes

POLY 168

Shinsuke Inagi, inagi@chujo.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp1, Kensuke Naka, ken@chujo.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp1, and Yoshiki Chujo, chujo@chujo.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp2. (1) Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan, (2) Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
Vinylogous TTF-containing polymers were prepared by oxidative dimerization polymerization of the bisdithiafulvenyl monomers. The polymers were soluble in common organic solvents such as CHCl3. The design of reducing the steric repulsion effectively prevented the distortion of the polymer main chain, observed by the UV-vis analysis. The polymers showed strong electron-donating property investigated by the CV analysis. Doping of the vinylogous TTF with protonic acid or electron acceptor readily gave dicationic species. These redox properties are expected to apply the polymer to electroactive devices.
 

General Papers: Synthesis and Characterization
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006