Authors
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Öktem, G. ; Sahre, K. ; Voit, B. ; Jordan, R. ; Kiriy, A.
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Title
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Facile synthesis of oligo(3-hexylthiophene)s conductive wires with charge-transfer functions
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Date
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25.04.2017
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Number
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53004
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Abstract
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A series of fully conjugated oligo(3-hexylthiophene)s bearing different starting- and end-groups have been synthesized by means of externally initiated Kumada catalyst-transfer polymerization (KCTP) and Grignard Metathesis Polymerization (GRIM). These kinds of oligomers’ starting- and end-groups include tert-butyl protected thiols to be used for binding of oligomers to gold electrodes and tetracyanobutadiene-based donor–acceptor (DA) end-groups, such as dimethylaniline-tetracyanobutadiene (DMA-TCBD) and ferrocene-tetracyanobutadiene (Fc-TCBD), introduced to control the charge transport through the oligomers. The DMA-TCBD and Fc-TCBD end groups were incorporated by means of a Diederich-type click transformation of appropriately end-terminated oligo(3-hexylthiophene)s. The efficiency of the end-group functionalization was comprehensively assessed by NMR spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF spectrometry whereas the redox activities of the DA end-groups were examined by cyclic voltammetry. KCTP showed a much superior performance compared to GRIM in the introduction of a desirable end-group functionality. The thus-prepared conjugated oligomers are attractive materials for application in molecular electronics which will be explored in future studies.
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Publisher
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Polymer Chemistry
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Citation
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Polymer Chemistry 8 (2017) 2675-2685
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DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1039/C7PY00428A
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