Conjugated Ladder Polymers by a Cyclopentannulation Polymerization

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 139; no. 16; pp. 5801 - 5807
• Main Authors: Bheemireddy, Sambasiva R, Hautzinger, Matthew P, Li, Tao, Lee, Byeongdu, Plunkett, Kyle N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 26.04.2017; American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Subjects: benzene; composite polymers; ferric chloride; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; molecular weight; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; palladium; polymerization; semiconductors; thiophene

We report a nontraditional synthesis of cyclopentafused-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon embedded ladder polymers using a palladium catalyzed cyclopentannulation polymerization followed by a cyclodehydrogenation reaction. Donor–acceptor type polymers containing a cyclopenta­[hi]­aceanthrylene accepto...