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Reductive Electropolymerization of a Vinyl-containing Poly-pyridyl Complex on Glassy Carbon and Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide Electrodes
Published on: January 30, 2015
Synthesis of vinyl-substituted beta-diketones for polymerizable metal complexes
Glen E Southard1, George M Murray
1Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099, USA. jslfick3o@yahoo.com
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Polymerizable beta-diketones for application to metal ion coordination have been prepared and characterized. Bromine-substituted beta-diketones were synthesized under Claisen-Schmidt-type condensation conditions. Vinyl groups were substituted for the halide by one of two types of Heck coupling with high-pressure ethylene. The type of Heck coupling employed was dictated by the thermal sensitivity of the substrate. Seven vinyl-substituted beta-diketones were synthesized, including several new ones, by this method. The beta-diketones were characterized by GC-MS, FT-NMR, FT-IR, and microanalysis.
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