In our quest to develop regioregular borane acceptor-modified thiophene polymers, we prepared a series of new alkynylphenylborane-functionalized monomers and explored their polymerization. The regioregular polymer rr-P1 and an alternating copolymer with 3-hexylthiopene, rr-P2, were successfully obtained by Stille-type polymerization. An X-ray crystal structure of the bithiophene model system 2-Br revealed coplanar thiophene rings and the formation of pi-stacks, despite the presence of bulky dimesitylborane moieties. For the polymers, rr-P1 showed the most bathochromic absorption (520 nm) and emission bands (620 nm), indicating the importance of high regioregularity and the beneficial effect of alkynyl relative to alkyl pendent groups. A higher energy absorption at ca. 340 nm could be assigned to charge transfer to the borane pendent groups based on DFT calculations on molecular model compounds that mimic the polymer repeat units. This assignment was further supported by fluoride anion binding studies.
Poly(alkynylthiophene)s and electronic devices generated therefrom
申请人:Ong S. Beng
公开号:US20070235719A1
公开(公告)日:2007-10-11
An electronic device comprising a semiconductive material of Formula
wherein R is a suitable hydrocarbon or a heteroatom containing group; and n represents the number of repeating units.
A polymer of the following formula
wherein R is a suitable hydrocarbon or a heteroatom containing group; and n represents the number of repeating units.
A polymer of the following formula
wherein R is a suitable hydrocarbon or a heteroatom containing group; and n represents the number of repeating units.
Impact of Pendant 1,2,3-Triazole on the Synthesis and Properties of Thiophene-Based Polymers
作者:G. Nagarjuna、Serkan Yurt、Kedar G. Jadhav、D. Venkataraman
DOI:10.1021/ma101657e
日期:2010.10.12
pi-Conjugated moieties are often attached to conjugated polymers to systematically alter their electronic properties. Herein, we report the synthesis and properties of a thiophene polymer hearing a triazole moiety in the third position. Through NMR-based quenching studies, we show that the placement of the triazole moiety alters reaction pathway of the Ni(0)-mediated Grignard metathesis polymerization possibly through chelation. When compared with a triazole on the main chain, the pendant triazole moiety acts as in electron donor and lowers the band gap of the polymer. The triazole moiety also does not hinder the packing of the conjugated backbone. We also show that the fluorescence of this polymer is quenched with PCBM. indicating its potential as a candidate or organic photovoltaic devices.
Synthesis, Structures, and Hydroboration of Oligo- and Poly(3-alkynylthiophene)s
作者:Frank Pammer、Fang Guo、Roger A. Lalancette、Frieder Jäkle
DOI:10.1021/ma3010718
日期:2012.8.28
3-Alkynyl-substituted terthiophenes and polythiophenes were synthesized, and their properties and behavior toward hydroboration with Mes(2)BH were investigated. The alkynyl-substituted terthiophene was found to crystallize in an intriguing layered structure that mimics an interdigitated polymer wherein the terthiophenes form tightly pi-stacked linear pseudopolymer strands. The heptynyl side chains of neighboring stacks interlock ideally, almost completely filling the void in-between substituents and thus allowing for minimal spacing between neighboring pseudopolymer strands. Poly(3-alkynylthiophene)s were accessed through Grignard metathesis polymerization (GRIM) of 2,5-dibromo-3-heptynylthiophene, which yielded polymers of moderate molecular weights (M-n = 6.3; PDI = 1.73) in yields of up to 82%. Further modification by hydroboration with Mes2BH resulted in a material that is partially functionalized with vinylborane groups and as a result exhibits charge transfer bands in the UV-vis spectra. A single-crystal X-ray structure of the corresponding hydroborated terthiophene species shows extensive intermolecular interactions, resulting in pi-stacks of pi-dimers, despite the steric bulk of the dimesitylborane moieties.