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Adapting N‐Heterocyclic Carbene/Azide Coupling Chemistry for Polymer Synthesis: Enabling Access to Aromatic Polytriazenes
Author(s) -
Coady Daniel J.,
Khramov Dimitri M.,
Norris Brent C.,
Tennyson Andrew G.,
Bielawski Christopher W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200901046
Subject(s) - carbene , azide , fluorene , conjugated system , polymer , chemistry , click chemistry , luminescence , photochemistry , coupling (piping) , combinatorial chemistry , polymer chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , catalysis , optoelectronics , metallurgy
A click by any other name : Coupling bis(N‐heterocyclic carbene)s with bis(azide)s afforded a novel class of conjugated polytriazenes. These polymers were rendered electrically conductive upon doping, and fluorene‐containing variants exhibited luminescence. This adaptation of N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC)/azide coupling chemistry to polymer synthesis reveals the potential of NHCs as building blocks for accessing polymers having useful electronic properties.