Premium
Cyclodextrins in Polymer Synthesis: Supramolecular Cyclodextrin Complexes of Pyrrole and 3,4‐Ethylenedioxythiophene and Their Oxidative Polymerization
Author(s) -
Storsberg J.,
Ritter H.,
Pielartzik H.,
Groenendaal L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200004)12:8<567::aid-adma567>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - cyclodextrin , polymerization , pyrrole , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , polymer , conjugated system , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , molecule , composite material
Cyclodextrins can act as hosts for heteroaromatic compounds to produce stable, odorless, complexes that can be oxidatively polymerized in water, it is reported here. The preparation and structural analysis of ratio 1:1 host–guest complexes for several types of cyclodextrin with pyrrole or 3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene (see Figure), and their reaction in water to give conjugated polymers are presented here (see also cover).