Tetrahedron

New β-linked pyrrole monomers: approaches to highly stable and conductive electrochromic polymers

JM Nadeau, TM Swager

Index: Nadeau, Jocelyn M.; Swager, Timothy M. Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 34 p. 7141 - 7146

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Abstract

An efficient synthetic route to β-linked dipyrrole monomers has been developed. Electrochemical polymerization of these monomers leads to the incorporation of polycyclic aromatic residues into a polymer backbone. The resulting conjugated polymer films are electroactive, robust electrochromic materials that are highly delocalized in their oxidized forms.