Abstract
The original synthetic strategy for a new type of poly(arylene vinylene) (PAV) is presented, where the C=C-bond-forming coupling of bis(alkoxycarbonyldiazomethyl)aromatic compounds is utilized as propagation. The strategy is unique in that the resulting PAVs have an alkoxycarbonyl group as an electron-withdrawing substituent on each vinylene carbon atom in the polymer main chain. Among the transition-metal catalysts examined in this study, RuCl(cod)Cp* (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene, Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) is the most efficient, affording PAVs from a series of bis(alkoxycarbonyldiazomethyl)aromatic compounds with a high trans-C=C-forming selectivity of up to 90%. A PAV sample with a fluorenylene framework as an arylene moiety prepared by the Ru catalyst exhibited a hole mobility of 4 × 10–6 cm2 V–1 s–1.
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