Abstract
This paper reports the synthesis of an alternating copolymer consisting of dithienosilole (DTS) and thienopyrroledione (TPD) units via palladium-catalyzed direct arylation polymerization (DArP). Although DArP has recently attracted much attention as an easy synthetic method of π-conjugated polymers without the need for prepreparation of organometallic monomers, there are two major problems that must be eliminated. One is homocoupling producing structural defects in the polymer chain, and the other is byproduction of insoluble materials. In this study, we have found that the combined use of P(2-MeOC6H4)3 and P(2-Me2NC6H4)3 ligands effectively prevents these side reactions, resulting in poly(DTS-alt-TPD) (MnGPC = 15000, Mw/Mn = 2.57) with good solubility in high yield (84%).
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