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POLYMER
Volume 48, Issue 16, Pages 4628-4636Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.06.011
Keywords
carbazole; helical polymer; polyacetylene
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Novel chiral acetylene monomers bearing carbazole and triphenylamine groups, namely, (S)-3-butyn-2-yl 2-(9-carbazolyl)ethyl carbonate (1) and (S)-3-butyn-2-yl 4-(diphenylamino)benzoate (2) were synthesized, and polymerized with Rh+(nbd) [eta(6)-C6H5B-(C6H5)(3)] catalyst to give the corresponding polymers with moderate molecular weights (M. 13.0 x 10(3) and 15.5 x 10(3)) in good yields (86% and 88%). CD spectroscopic studies revealed that poly(l) and poly(2) took predominantly one-handed helical structure in CHCl3. The helical structures of poly(l) and poly(2) were very stable against heating and addition of MeOH. The solution of poly(l) and poly(2) emitted fluorescence in 0.52% and 7.2% quantum yields, which were lower than those of the corresponding monomers I and 2 (22.5% and 76.5%). The cyclic voltammograms of the polymers indicated that the oxidation potentials of the polymers were lower than those of the monomers. The polymers showed electro-chromism and changed the color from pale yellow to pale blue by application of voltage, presumably caused by the formation of polaron at the carbazole and triphenylamine moieties. The onset temperatures of weight loss of poly(l) and poly(2) were 225 and 270 degrees C under air. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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