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Functionalization of P3HT with Various Mono- and Multidentate Anchor Groups

2018

Due to its favorable optoelectronic properties and the accessibility via Grignard metathesis (GRIM) polymerization, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is one of the most applied conjugated polymers. The ‘living' nature of GRIM polymerization enables the modification of the polymer and the installation of desired properties. In the present study, two versatile approaches for the synthesis of anchor group-modified P3HT have been developed, which enable the functionalization of various inorganic nanoparticles. Depending on the polymerization conditions, mono- and bifunctional ethynyl-terminated P3HT or solely monofunctionalized aldehyde-terminated P3HT was synthesized. Afterwards, the quantitative …

A DFT Characterization of the Mechanism for the Cycloaddition Reaction between 2-Methylfuran and Acetylenedicarboxylic Acid

1999

The molecular mechanism for the cycloaddition reaction between 2-methylfuran and acetylenedicarboxylic acid (ADA) has been characterized using density functional theory methods at the B3LYP/6-31+G* theory level. An analysis of the results on the reaction pathway shows that the reaction takes place along a stepwise mechanism. The initial step corresponds to the nucleophilic attack of the C5 position of the furan ring to one carbon atom of the conjugated acetylenic system of ADA to give a zwitterionic intermediate. Closure of this intermediate along the nucleophilic attack of the other acetylenic carbon to the substituted C2 position of the furan ring affords the Diels−Alder cycloadduct. Alth…

A new type of pi-electron donors with one dithiole unit: Substituted 7-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-7-hydrobenz[d,e]anthracenes

1999

New electron donors 11a–c bearing only one 1,3-dithiole ring conjugated with an acene backbone have been synthesized by Wittig–Horner reactions from 7H-benz[d,e]anthracen-7-one (10) and differently substituted phosphonate esters 9a–c. The donor properties of 11 have been characterized by means of both experimental techniques and quantum chemical calculations. Cyclic voltammetry measurements on the novel compounds predict donor abilities comparable to those of TTF and BEDT-TTF. The voltammograms show a multi-stage redox behaviour with oxidation up to the trication, where the first two oxidation processes take place at very close potentials. These processes have been assigned to a simultaneou…

Cycloaddition reactions of 2H-benzo[b]thiete and conjugated cyclic dienes

1996

2H-Benzo[b]thiete 1 reacts with cyclopentadiene 3 in consecutive [8π + 2π]cycloadditions yielding the condensed heterocycles 6–8. Tetracyclone 9 on the other hand gives only the monoadduct 10. An [8π + 8π]cycloaddition can be observed for 1 and diphenylisobenzofuran 11. The related π system 13 shows again consecutive [477π + 27π]processes (1 + 13 ← 14, 15).

(E,E,E)-4,4′-Distyrylstilbenes – Synthesis, Photophysics, Photochemistry and Phase Behavior

2008

The fluorescence quantum yields F(n) of oligo[2,5-bis(propyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]s (1b) reach for the trimer (n = 3) in solution a maximum of 86 %, which is almost twice as high as for the monomer (n = 1) and the octamer or undecamer (n = 8, 11). The latter represent the convergence limit of 46 %. 4-Mono-, 3,4-di- or 3,4,5-trisubstituted terminal phenyl rings in the trimers 6a–f do not lead to calamitic or phasmidic liquid crystals; however, 2,3,4-trisubstitution with hexyloxy groups (6h) and even with OCH3 groups (6g) effects LC formation. Irradiation with energy-rich UV light provokes a crosslinking of the originally conjugated chains. In the case of 6c, a chemo- and stereoselective…

Topochemical reactions of monomers with conjugated triple bonds. III. Solid-state reactivity of derivatives of diphenyldiacetylene

1971

1972

Solid-state polymerization of monomers with conjugated triple bonds turns out to be a versatile method for synthesis of crystalline polymers of high molecular weight exhibiting a fully conjugated backbone. The reaction is best described as an 1.4-addition polymerization of the conjugated triple bonds giving rise to a polymer with three cumulated double bonds per repeating unit. The all-trans configuration of the substituents is a consequence of the solid-state reaction mechanism and is already predetermined by the packing of the molecules in the monomer lattice. It was shown by X-ray analysis in the case of poly(2.4-hexadiin-1.6-diol-bis-phenylurethane) that the polymer diacetylenes can be …

1971

Solid-state polymerization of the bis-(p-toluene sulfonate) of 2.4-hexadiin-1.6-diol was achieved by UV-irradiation or by annealing the monomer crystals below their melting-point. Deep red polymer crystals having the original shape of the monomer crystals exhibiting strong dichroism are obtained. Polymerization proceeds by 1.4-addition to the conjugated triple-bonds to form a polymer with three cumulated double bonds per baseunit and a fully conjugated backbone. Photopolymerization is rather fast and does not show an induction period. The relationship between ηsp/c-values and conversion as well as X-ray work indicates that the formation of nuclei must be an important feature of the reaction…

Generation of hexahydroazulenes

2009

(Z)-Cyclodec-1-en-6-yne (3) generates three conjugated hexahydroazulenes 3→1k→1c, 1l under FVP conditions, whereas flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of cyclodecyne (2) leads to 1,2,9-decatriene (9). We attribute the different thermal behavior of 2 (ring opening) and 3 (ring closure) to different transannular interactions. Altogether 22 constitutional isomers of hexahydroazulene should exist; three new isomers (1k, 1l, and 1m) are presented here, ten were described earlier, but the reinvestigation of the dehydration route of bicyclic alcohol 11 showed that one of the ten structures has to be revised.

Redox properties of nitrophenylporphyrins and electrosynthesis of nitrophenyl-linked Zn porphyrin dimers or arrays

2014

Five nitrophenylporphyrins were investigated as to their electrochemical properties in CH 2 Cl 2 containing 0.1 M TBAP. The investigated compounds are represented as ( NO 2 Ph )x Ph 4-x PorM , where Por represents the dianion of the porphyrin macrocycle, Ph is a phenyl group on meso-position of the macrocycle, NO 2 Ph is a meso-substituted nitrophenyl group, M = 2 H , Pd II or Zn II and x = 1 or 2. Each porphyrin undergoes an initial one electron reduction at E1/2 = -1.07 to -1.12 V where the added negative charge is almost totally localized on the meso-nitrophenyl group of the compound. This reversible reduction is then followed by one or more irreversible reductions of the nitrophenyl an…