作者:Yutaka Nanashima、Akihiro Yokoyama、Tsutomu Yokozawa
DOI:10.1002/pola.25891
日期:2012.3.15
AbstractA new regioregular head‐to‐tail (HT)‐type polypyridine with methoxyethoxyethoxy (MEEO) side chains, HT‐PMEEOPy, was synthesized by means of Kumada‐Tamao coupling polymerization of a Grignard monomer with a Ni catalyst. Although the polymer was precipitated in THF during polymerization, multiangle laser light scattering (MALLS) analysis indicated that the weight‐average molecular weight (Mw) was about 25,000. The HT content in the polymer was 95%. A solution of HT‐PMEEOPy in CHCl3 was found to emit a strong blue light when the solution was irradiated with UV light; the UV‐vis absorption maximum (λmax) and photoluminescence maximum (λmax em) were at 392 and 460 nm, respectively. To clarify the effect of regioregularity of PMEEOPy on the photoluminescence, head‐to‐head (HH) PMEEOPy was synthesized by means of Yamamoto coupling polymerization. The photoluminescence of HH‐PMEEOPy (λmax = 330 nm, λmax em = 414 nm) was weaker than that of HT‐PMEEOPy. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012