Construction of Donor–Acceptor Polymers via Cyclopentannulation of Poly (arylene ethynylene) s

…, AG Waltner, KH DuBay, KN Plunkett

Index: Lee, Che-Hsiung; Plunkett, Kyle N. Organic Letters, 2013 , vol. 15, # 6 p. 1202 - 1205

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Abstract

A one-step postpolymerization modification that converts three high bandgap poly (arylene ethynylene) s into low bandgap donor–acceptor copolymers is described. The strategy relies on a palladium-catalyzed cyclopentannulation reaction between the main-chain ethynylene