Controlled synthesis of high molecular weight poly(3-hexylthiophene)s via Kumada catalyst transfer polycondensation with Ni(IPr)(acac)2 as the catalyst

Xincui Shi; Aiguo Sui; Yongxia Wang; Yuesheng Li; Yanhou Geng; Fosong Wang

doi:10.1039/C4CC08012B

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Controlled synthesis of high molecular weight poly(3-hexylthiophene)s via Kumada catalyst transfer polycondensation with Ni(IPr)(acac)₂ as the catalyst†

Xincui Shi,^a Aiguo Sui,^ab Yongxia Wang,^a Yuesheng Li,^a Yanhou Geng*^a and Fosong Wang^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
E-mail: yhgeng@ciac.ac.cn

^b University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

Abstract

The controlled synthesis of poly(3-hexylthiophene)s (P3HTs) with number-average molecular weights (M_ns) up to 350 kg mol⁻¹ has been realized with Ni(IPr)(acac)₂ as the catalyst.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC08012B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Oct 2014
Accepted: 18 Dec 2014
First published: 18 Dec 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 2138-2140

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Controlled synthesis of high molecular weight poly(3-hexylthiophene)s via Kumada catalyst transfer polycondensation with Ni(IPr)(acac)₂ as the catalyst

X. Shi, A. Sui, Y. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Geng and F. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2138 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08012B

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