Synthesis and characterisation of new acetylide-functionalised oligothiophenes and their dinuclear platinum complexes

J Lewis, NJ Long, PR Raithby, GP Shields…

Index: Lewis, Jack; Long, Nicholas J.; Raithby, Paul R.; Shields, Gregory P.; Wong, Wai-Yeung; Younus, Muhammad Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 1997 , # 22 p. 4283 - 4288

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Abstract

A series of rigid-rod alkynes with extended π conjugation through oligothiophene linkage units in the backbone, 2, 5-bis (trimethylsilylethynyl) thiophene Ia, 2, 5-diethynylthiophene Ib, 5, 5′-bis (trimethylsilylethynyl)-2, 2′-bithiophene IIa, 5, 5′-diethynyl-2, 2′-bithiophene IIb, 5, 5 ″-bis (trimethylsilylethynyl)-2, 2′∶ 5′, 2 ″-terthiophene IIIa and 5, 5 ″-diethynyl- 2, 2′∶ 5′, 2 ″-terthiophene IIIb, has been prepared. Treatment of the complex trans-[ ...