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Highly Conjugated, Substituted Polyacetylenes via the Ring‐Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Substituted Cyclooctatetraenes
Author(s) -
Gorman Christopher B.,
Ginsburg Eric J.,
Marder Seth R.,
Grubbs Robert H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198915711
Subject(s) - metathesis , polymerization , conjugated system , polymer , ring (chemistry) , polymer chemistry , alkyl , chemistry , ring opening metathesis polymerisation , solubility , acyclic diene metathesis , organic chemistry
Communication: Soluble polyacetylenes with high conjugation length and high molecular weight are a goal of polymer scientists. The ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of substituted cyclooctatetraenes (COT) to form soluble substituted polyacetylenes which display iodine doped conductivities in the range 0.1 to 50 S/cm are reported. The solubility is imparted by the alkyl groups which occupy, on average, every eighth carbon atom of the polymer backbone.