Issue 43, 2015

Highly functionalisable polythiophene phenylenes

Abstract

The synthesis and properties of novel conducting polymer monomers, and their polymers, based on poly(thiophene phenylenes) (PThP) is described. These polymers contain a range of functional groups useful for further polymer modification and design and can be obtained using both electropolymerisation and chemical oxidative polymerisation. Further modification of a chemically polymerised PThP was validated using ‘click’ chemistry from azide containing side chains and also by grafting of polystyrene by Activator ReGenerated by Electron Transfer Atom Transfer Radical polymerisation (ARGET-ATRP) from ATRP initiating sites on the polymer. The complimentary and orthogonal nature of ‘click’ chemistry and ATRP grafting was established. The polymers were characterised by 1H NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Electrochemical analysis showed that the functionalised polymers retain excellent electroactivity.

Graphical abstract: Highly functionalisable polythiophene phenylenes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jul 2015
Accepted
08 Sep 2015
First published
10 Sep 2015

Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 7618-7629

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Highly functionalisable polythiophene phenylenes

E. W. C. Chan, P. Baek, D. Barker and J. Travas-Sejdic, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 7618 DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01033K

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