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Bipyridine-Containing Optically Active π-Conjugated Polymers Derived from Amino Alcohols: Examination of the
Mio Hosotani1, Taichi Sotani1, Hiromitsu Sogawa1
1Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan.
Abstract:
Helical π-conjugated polymers are promising as optically active functional materials. The present paper reports the synthesis of novel bipyridine-containing π-conjugated polymers with optically active amino-alcohol-derived side chains, examination of their higher-order structures, chiral recognition, and metal coordination properties. The polymers adopt a folded helical conformation and aggregate in CHCl3/MeOH depending on the solvent composition, as supported by density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamics simulations. The polymer films showed differences in contact angles with aqueous solutions of (R)- and (S)-alcohols. Addition of some metal chlorides and perchlorates changed the intensity and color of the photoluminescence of the polymers.
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