Issue 8, 2008

The synthesis of high-content fullerene functionalised polymers through the controlled addition of an amine-tagged fullerene derivative

Abstract

A method has been developed for synthesising a series of soluble C60 containing polymers which have the characteristic photophysical properties of monosubstituted-fullerene derivatives. The strategy employed required that first a suitably derivatised mono-fulleropyrrolidine was prepared and characterised which was then subsequently reacted with an acryloyl chloride functionalised polymer. The amino group of the fulleropyrrolidine reacts with the acyl chloride functional groups of the polymer forming an amide bond. This approach enabled the preparation of several soluble fullerene/acrylic polymers with a controlled and high covalently bonded fullerene content. The resulting fullerene derivatised methacrylate polymers were characterised by UV, infrared and gel permeation chromatography.

Graphical abstract: The synthesis of high-content fullerene functionalised polymers through the controlled addition of an amine-tagged fullerene derivative

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Nov 2007
Accepted
13 Feb 2008
First published
17 Mar 2008

New J. Chem., 2008,32, 1373-1378

The synthesis of high-content fullerene functionalised polymers through the controlled addition of an amine-tagged fullerene derivative

C. M. Tollan, P. R. Birkett and N. S. Allen, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1373 DOI: 10.1039/B718078K

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