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Synthesis of soluble donor-acceptor double-cable polymers based on polythiophene and tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane
Francesco Giacalone1, José L Segura, Nazario Martín
1Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Organic Letters
|May 9, 2003
Abstract:
[structure: see text] Novel suitably functionalized tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (TCAQ) derivatives covalently linked to thiophene moieties have been synthesized. The thiophene-based monomers have been chemically polymerized and copolymerized to yield new and soluble donor-acceptor double-cable polymers. The absorption and emission data reveal that the optical properties can be finely tuned by modifying the ratio of monomers in the copolymerization process.