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POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 429-438Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41428-020-00435-1
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- CREST program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency [JPMJCR17N2]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) as a Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, JSPS KAKENHI [JP18J20078]
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The study analyzed the products and reaction mechanism of the polymerization reaction of 2-bromo-3-methoxythiophene through various techniques. A side reaction of the autopolymerization reaction was found and the polymerization reaction mechanism was estimated to occur in multiple steps. Hydrogen bromide gas acted as a catalyst and acid in the polymerization reaction when using brominated alkoxythiophene as a monomer.
The study concerning the physical and chemical properties of thiophene derivatives has received much attention because they are incorporated in natural products, medicines, functional materials, and photoresponsive dyes. The autopolymerization reaction is one of the synthesis methods of polythiophenes using halogenated thiophene derivatives. In this paper, we analyzed the products and reaction mechanism of the polymerization reaction of 2-bromo-3-methoxythiophene by investigating the gas, liquid, and solid states using UV-Vis, electron spin resonance (ESR), gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), elemental analysis, NMR, and FT-IR spectroscopy. Consequently, we found a side reaction of the autopolymerization reaction and estimated that the polymerization reaction mechanism occurred in multiple steps. When we employed the brominated alkoxythiophene as a monomer, hydrogen bromide gas was generated to act not only as a catalyst of the polymerization reaction but also as an acid to cleave the alkoxyl group. The results provide useful information for the design of monomers via autopolymerization.
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