In the pursuit of alternative energy sources, organic electronics are making significant progress in terms of efficiency and reliability. The design of new conjugated polymers for these applications often relies on combining donor and acceptor groups in an alternating polymer backbone chain. A series of conjugated fulvene chromophores and polymers were synthesized via Suzuki and Sonogashira palladium-catalyzed coupling condensation reactions. The chromophores and polymers were characterized by NMR, ATR–FTIR, TGA, DSC, GPC, X-ray crystallography, UV-vis and fluorescence measurements, and DFT calculations. Organic electronic applications will be discussed as well.

Synthesis and characterization of conjugated fulvene chromophores and polymers

249th National Meeting (2015)

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