Synthesis of a Net-Worked Strontium-O-Phenylene-S-Tellurium Hybrid Co-polymer Having a Two-Step Electron Transfer Nature

Abstract

A strontium-O-phenylene-S-tellurium hybrid co-polymer was prepared by initially reacting 4-hydroxythiophenol with tellurium ethoxide, followed by a subsequent reaction with strontium isopropoxide, and the electronic behavior of the co-polymer was examined. From the results of ESR spectral examinations and ab initio calculations regarding the co-polymer models, the co-polymer was deduced to have a function of two-step electron transfer from the phenylene group to the strontium atom via the tellurium atom.