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H. Kretzschmann

Untersuchungen zur Photoleitf�higkeit von alkoxysubstituierten Oligo- und Poly(1,4-phenylenethenylen)en

Investigations on the Photoconductivity of Alkoxy Substituted Oligo- and Poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s The photoreactivity and the photoconductivity of the mono- and dialkoxy substituted oligo- and poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s 1/1′a-n were investigated in order to optimize the photoconducting properties of these materials. Increasing the length of the side chains enhances the average length of the main chain during the polycondensation and decreases the band gap till the limit of convergence is reached. The highest photoconductivity was observed for the 2,5-dipropyloxy system 1/1′j. Longer side chains render the charge transfer from chain to chain more difficult. The measurements were pe…

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Synthese von 2-alkoxysubstituierten Oligo- und Poly(1,4-phenylenethenylen)en und 2-Arylbenzo[b]furanen mit Hilfe der Siegrist-Reaktion

Synthesis of 2-Alkoxy Substituted Oligo- and Poly(1,4-phenyleneethylene)s and 2-Arylbenzo[b]furanes by Applying the Siegrist Reaction Alkylation of 2-hydroxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde (1) yields the 2-alkoxy-4-methylbenzaldehydes (2a-l) which can be easily transformed to the Schiff bases 3a-l. The intermolecular self-condensation in a strongly alkaline medium leads to the oligo- and poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s (4a-i) with an outstanding regular constitution and overall (E)-configuration. The terminal N-arylamino group can be cleaved by hydrolysis generating the compounds 5a-i. An intramolecular condensation forming the benzo[b]furanes 6j,k is observed for 3j,k – due to the activated OCH2 grou…

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Untersuchungen zur Konformerenvielfalt von mono- und 2,5-dialkoxysubstituierten Poly(1,4-phenylenethenylen)en

Investigations on the Conformational Variety of Mono- and 2,5-Dialkoxy Substituted Poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s The alkoxy substituted poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s 1 and 2 can principally exist in an enormous variety of conformers (table 1). However, force field calculations (MMX) reveal a far-reaching restriction to a relatively small number of non planar conformers with minimized steric energy. The decisive criterion is due to the interaction between the oxygen atoms and the olefinic hydrogens. An increasing steric hindrance should lead to higher twist angles θ in the main chain and hence to a shorter effective conjugation length. Such an effect could play a minor role between the uns…

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2,5-Dialkoxysubstituierte Oligo- und Poly(1,4-phenylenethenylen)e

2,5-Dialkoxy Substituted Oligo- and Poly(1,4-phenyleneethenylene)s O-Alkylation and regioselective Rieche formylation of 2-methylhydroquinone (1) yields the 2,5-dialkoxy-4-methylbenzaldehydes 4a–j. The corresponding azomethines 5a–j enter in a strongly alkaline medium a selfcondensation reaction leading to the title compounds 6/7a–j. These conjugated oligomers and polymers possess highly regular structures with exclusively (E)-configurated double bonds. GPC, IR, 1H-, 13C-NMR and MS-FD measurements were used for their characterization. Somewhat different results were obtained for the similarly prepared Schiff base 5l which contains chlorine substituents in the side chains. Cleavage of hydrog…

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