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A Self‐Assembling Polythiophene Functionalised with a Cysteine Moiety
Author(s) -
Mucci Adele,
Parenti Francesca,
Schenetti Luisa
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200390091
Subject(s) - moiety , polythiophene , stille reaction , circular dichroism , polymer chemistry , gel permeation chromatography , coupling reaction , chemistry , polymer , copolymer , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , materials science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , conductive polymer , stereochemistry , catalysis
A new copolymer bearing a cysteine moiety, designed for molecular interaction, metal‐ion detection, and chiral recognition, was synthesised starting from the dibromo derivative of methyl N ‐( tert ‐butoxycarbonyl)‐ S ‐thien‐3‐ylcysteinate and distannylthiophene through a Stille coupling reaction. UV‐vis spectroscopy, circular dichroism, NMR spectroscopy, and gel permeation chromatography analyses evidenced that this polymer is able to form self‐assembling structures, through the formation of a hydrogen‐bond network, not only in the solid state but also in solution.