Abstract
We report the conformational change resulting from the coil-to-rod transition in conjugated polymers prepared by the cyclopolymerization of 1,6-heptadiyne derivatives (poly(cyclopentenylene-vinylene), PCPV). By aging a PCPV solution under various conditions, we observed dramatic changes in their absorption spectra (appearance of a 0-0 vibronic peak) and an increase in the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada shape parameter, thereby confirming the coil-to-rod transition of the polymer. Further studies using NMR spectroscopy and various control experiments demonstrated that the coil-to-rod transformation resulted from the cis-to-trans isomerization of the conjugated olefins by a radical mechanism.
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