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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 51, Issue 23, Pages 5067-5074Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/pola.26938
Keywords
chain-growth polymerization; conjugated polymers; external initiator; growth; initiators; living polymerization; mass spectrometry; poly(di(octyloxy)phenanthrene); Suzuki-Miyaura
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- Fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vlaanderen)
- Onderzoeksfonds KU Leuven/Research Fund KU Leuven
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- FRFC [2.4508.12]
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This manuscript investigates the possibilities to obtain helical conjugated polymers following a controlled chain-growth polymerization mechanism with external initiation. Attempts to prepare poly(3,6-(9,10-di(octyloxy))phenanthrene)s with the existing chain-growth mechanisms using existing Kumada or Negishi couplings were unsuccessful because of the difficulty to quantitatively prepare the Grignard metathesis reagent starting from the envisaged precursor, namely 3,6-dibromo-(9,10-di(octyloxy))phenanthrene. On the other hand, a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling polymerization using Pd((PBu3)-Bu-t) as the catalyst clearly allows the polymerization to proceed. The reaction conditions were optimized and an in-depth study with gel permeation chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-ToF) of the underlying mechanisms was performed. Nevertheless, a prolonged chain-growth mechanism was not achieved for the targeted polymers. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 5067-5074
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