Synthesis and electro-polymerisation of a novel heteropentalene mesomeric betaine: preparation of a novel low band-gap conjugated polymer

Saadeldin Elmasly, Alexander Gehre, Peter Skabara, Stephen Stanforth, Filipe Vilela

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    Abstract

    The 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT)-containing heteropentalene mesomeric betaine 9 has been prepared and electro-polymerised. When coated onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) covered glass slide the optical band-gap of the polymer was determined as 1.75 eV.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)526-529
    JournalTetrahedron Letters
    Volume52
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 26 Jan 2011

    Keywords

    • Low band-gap polymers
    • electro-polymerisation
    • heteropentalene mesomeric betaines
    • 3
    • 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene
    • polythiophenes

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