Conjugated Polymer Synthesis - Methods And Reactions

Edited and authored by top international experts, this first book on conjugated polymers with a focus on synthesis provides a detailed overview of all modern synthetic methods for these highly interesting compounds. As such, it describes every important compound class, including polysilanes, organoboron compounds, and ferrocene-containing conjugated polymers. An indispensable source for every synthetic polymer chemist.

Yoshiki Chujo completed his PhD at Kyoto University in 1980 and then joined Nagoya University as an assistant professor in 1981. In 1983, he joined the group of Prof. J. E. McGrath at Virginia Tech in the U.S.A. as a postdoctoral research fellow. He returned to Kyoto University as a lecturer in 1986 and has been Professor of Polymer Chemistry there since 1994. His research interests focus on polymer synthesis, inorganic polymers, and polymeric hybrid materials. He has published more than 450 papers. The impact of his work is manifested in the discovery of various new polymerization methodologies, which enabled the preparation of the first examples of various types of hetero-element containing mainchain-type polymers showing very unique optical and electrical properties.

Preface.

List of Contributors.

1. Organometallic Polycondensation for Conjugated Polymers (Takakazu Yamamoto).

1.1 Basic Organometallic C-C Coupling.

1.2 Syntheses of p-Conjugated Polymers.

1.3 Optical Properties.

1.4 Redox Behavior and Electrical Conductivity.

1.5 Linear Structure and Alignment on the Surface of Substates.

1.6 Stacking in the Solid and Colloid.

1.7 Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis.

1.8 Electronic and Optical Devices (ECD, Battery, EL, Diode, Transistor, Nonlinear Optical Device, etc.).

1.9 Conclusions.

References.

2. Catalyst-Transfer Condensation Polymerization for Precision Synthesis of p-Conjugated Polymers (Tsutomu Yokozawa).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Kumada-Tamao Coupling Polymerization with Ni Catalyst.

2.3 Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Polymerization with Pd Catalyst.

2.4 Conclusion.

References.

3. Regioregular and Regiosymmetric Polythiophenes (Itaru Osaka and Richard D. McCullough).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Synthesis of Polythiophene and Regioirregular Polythiophenes.

3.3 Head-to-Tail Coupled Regioregular Poly(3-Alkylthiophene)s.

3.4 Side Chain Functionalized HT Regioregular Polythiophenes.

3.5 End Group Functionalized HT Regioregular Polythiaphenes.

3.6 Block Copolymers Derived from HT Regioregular Polythiophenes.

3.7 Universal Use of the GRIM Method.

3.8 Regiosymmetric Polythiophenes.

3.9 Summary.

References.

4. Functional Hyperbranched Polymers Constructed from Acetylenic A_n-Type Building Blocks (Jianzhao Liu, Jacky W.Y. Lam, and Ben Zhong Tang).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Hyperbranched Polymers Constructed from Acetylenic A_n-Type Building Blocks.

4.3 Conclusions.

References.

5. Through-Space Conjugated Polymers (Yasuhiro Morisaki and Yoshiki Chujo).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Through-Space Conjugated Polymers with the Layered p-Electron Systems in the Side Chain.

5.3 Through-Space Conjugated Polymers with the Layered p-Electron Systems in the Main Chain.

5.4 Conclusion.

References.

6. Fully Conjugated Nano-Sized Macrocycles: Syntheses and Versatile Properties (Masayoshi Takase and Masahiko Iyoda).

6.1 Introction.

6.2 Synthesis of p-Conjugated Macrocycles.

6.3 Isolation and Self-Association in Solution and in the Solid State.

6.4 Versatile Properties of Giant p-Conjugated Macrocycles.

6.5 Conclusion.

References.

7. Organoboron Conjugated Polymers (Atsushi Nagai and Yoshiki Chujo).

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Tricoordinate Boron p-Conjugated Polymers.

7.3 Tetracoordinate Boron p-Conjugated Polymers.

7.4 p-Conjugated Carborane-Based Polymers.

7.5 Conclusions.

References.

8. Recent Developments in p-Conjugated Macromolecules with Phosphorus Atoms in the Main Chain (Paul W. Siu and Derek P. Gates).

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Poly(Phosphole) and Related Polymers.

8.3 Poly(p-Phenylenephosphine) and Related Polymers.

8.4 Poly(Vinylenephosphine)s and Related Polymers.

8.5 Poly(p-Phenylenephosphaalkene)s and Related Polymers.

8.6 Poly(p-Phenylenediphosphene)s and Related Polymers.

8.7 Summary.

References.

9. Organo-Arsenic, Phosphorus, and Antimony Conjugated Polymers (Kensuke Naka and Yoshiki Chujo).

9.1 Inroduction.

9.2 Survey of Group 15 Element-Containing Polymers.

9.3 Carbon-Main Group Element Bond Formation Via Bismetallation.

9.4 Homocyclic Compounds of Group 15 Elements.

9.5 Poly(Vinylene-Arsine)s.

9.6 Poly(Vinylene-Phosphine)s.

9.7 Poly(Vinylene-Stibine)s.

9.8 Periodic Terpolymerization of Cyclooligoarsine, Cyclooligostibine, and an Acetylenic Compound.

9.9 Stability.

9.10 Optical Properties.

9.11 Coordination Ability of Poly(Vinylene-Arsine)s Towards Transition Metal Ions.

9.12 Cross-Linked Poly(Vinylene-Arsine)s.

9.13 Conclusion.

References.

10. Synthetic Strategies to Conjugated Main-Chain Metallopolymers (Andreas Wild, Andreas Winter, Martin D. Hager, and Ulrich S. Schubert).

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 p-Conjugated Polymers with Teroyridine Units and Other Tridentate Ligands as Part of the Main Chain.

10.3 p-Conjugated Polymers with Porphyrin Units as Part of the Main Chain.

10.4 Rigid-Rod Polymetallaynes.

10.5 Conclusions and Outlook.

References.

11. Helical Polyacetylene Prepated in a Liquid Crystal Field (Kazuo Akaki).

11.1 Inrtroduction.

11.2 Chiral Dopants and Chiral Nematic LCs.

11.3 Acetrylene Polymerization in Chiral Nematic LC.

11.4 Characterization of Helical Polyacetylene Film.

11.5 Summary.

References.

Index.