π-Conjugated Polymers Exhibiting a Novel Doping Based on Redox of Side Chains
摘要:
Novel polyphenylene and polythiophene derivatives that have N,N'-diphenyl-1,4-phenylene-diamine (PDA) units were synthesized using the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling or cross coupling. Each obtained polymer has good redox activity, and the polyphenylene derivatives have two redox couples in acetonitrile that contain 1 M trifluoroacetric acid, whereas the polythiophene derivatives show only one redox couple under the same conditions. The electronic conductivity of the polythiophene derivatives was dramatically enhanced (0.1 S/cm) by the one-electron oxidation of the PDA unit (0.4 V, vs Ag/Ag+), because of the injection of a radical cation into the main chain from the PDA unit. Spectroelectrochemistry showed that the radical cation of the thiophene-substituted PDA was more delocalized than the phenylene-substituted unit. Electrochemical analysis of the model compounds revealed that the injection of radical monocation radical carriers into the main chain is based on electron communication between the intramolecular PDAs.