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Regio- and stereoselective polymerization of diynes with inorganic comonomer: a facile strategy to conjugated poly(p-arylene dihalodiene)s with processability and postfunctionalizability
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posted on 2018-10-05, 09:14 authored by Qingqing Gao, Zijie Qiu, Mark ElsegoodMark Elsegood, Ming Chen, Jianguo Wang, Ryan T. Kwok, Jacky W.Y. Lam, Ben Zhong TangCopyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. Development of new methodologies for synthesizing polymers with novel structures and unique properties is a fundamentally important area in polymer science. Herein, a novel synthetic strategy to conjugated poly(p-arylene dihalodiene)s (PADs) with high regio- and stereoselectivity was developed. In the presence of PdBr 2 and CuBr 2 , the polymerizations of terminal alkynes proceeded smoothly in air without heating to generate PADs in high yields (up to 95.3%) with high molecular weights (M w up to 915 900). Low-cost inorganic CuBr 2 played dual roles as cocatalyst and comonomer. The PADs possessed good solubility and film-formi ng ability. Their thin films exhibited high refractive indices (1.7149-1.7245) and would be fabricated into well-resolved fluorescent photopatterns by photolithography. Thanks to the vinyl bromine functionality, the PADs could undergo efficient postmodification to afford polymers with more sophisticated structures and applications. ©
Funding
This work has been partially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21788102, 21490570, and 21490574), the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (16308116, 16303815, C2014-15G, C6009-17G, and A-HKUST605/16), the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITCCNERC149C01), and the Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen (JCYJ20160229205601482).
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MacromoleculesVolume
51Issue
9Pages
3497 - 3503Citation
GAO, Q. ... et al., 2018. Regio- and stereoselective polymerization of diynes with inorganic comonomer: a facile strategy to conjugated poly(p-arylene dihalodiene)s with processability and postfunctionalizability Macromolecules, 51(9), pp. 3497-3503.Publisher
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Macromolecules, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.7172630ISSN
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