We have prepared novel tetraazacyclotetradecane derivatives, functionalised at nitrogen with a pendant thiophene or oligothiophene group, for electropolymerisation. Square planar Ni(II) complexes of these ligands, [Ni(L)](ClO4)2, have been prepared, and their electropolymerisation has been examined. The terthiophene-bearing complex was electrooxidised in CH3CNâ0.2Â M Et4NBF4 to give soluble oligomers, which are likely to be the products of dimerisation (sexithiophenes). However, by employing a more positive potential limit, they are electropolymerised, to afford polythiophene films on indium-doped tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass or platinum electrodes, and the Ni(II)/Ni(III) wave is superimposed upon the polythiophene redox process. Attempts to isolate films of the dimerised terthiophene by the oxidation
of neutral [NiCl2(L)] complexes in less polar media were unsuccessful. A polymer film could not be generated from the thiophene-bearing complex alone, even though a âspacerâ of five carbon atoms was incorporated between the thiophene and the bulky metal centre. However, copolymerisation with 3-methylthiophene successfully gave polythiophene copolymers incorporating the nickel(II) complex. In situ FTIR reflectance spectroelectrochemistry shows that in the early stages of film oxidation, the film behaves as a conventional polythiophene, but at higher potentials, the electronic band attributable to the transition from the valence band to the first intergap state undergoes some very unusual changes. Possible explanations for these are suggested.
我们已经制备了新型的四氮
环十四烷衍
生物,在氮原子上用悬挂的
噻吩或寡
噻吩基团进行功能化,以便进行电聚合。已经制备了这些
配体的方形平面
镍(II)络合物 [Ni(L)](
ClO4)2,并对其电聚合进行了研究。含有三
噻吩的络合物在 CH3CN–0.2 M Et4NBF4 中被电氧化,生成可溶的寡聚物,这些聚物可能是二聚化的产物(六
噻吩)。然而,通过采用更正的电位极限,它们被电聚合,形成了在掺
铟锡氧化物(ITO)涂层
玻璃或
铂电极上的聚
噻吩薄膜,并且
镍(II)/
镍(III)波与聚
噻吩的氧还原过程重叠。通过在非极性介质中氧化中性 [NiCl2(L)] 络合物来分离二聚的三
噻吩薄膜的尝试未能成功。即使在
噻吩和大分子
金属中心之间加入了五个碳原子的“间隔”基团,仍无法单独从含
噻吩的络合物生成聚合物薄膜。然而,与
3-甲基噻吩的共聚合成功生成了含有
镍(II)络合物的聚
噻吩共聚物。原位 FTIR 反射光谱电
化学显示,在薄膜氧化的早期阶段,该薄膜表现得像传统的聚
噻吩,但在更高的电位下,归因于从价带到第一个禁带态的跃迁的电子带经历了一些非常不寻常的变化。对此可能的解释被提出。