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Poly(thiophenylanilino) and poly(furanylanilino) polymers

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Novel hybrid polymers with thiophenylanilino and furanylanilino backbones and substituted phenyl side groups are reported. The new monomers bis-(4-heterocyclic-2-yl-phenyl)-aryl-amine (heterocyclic = thiophen with aryl = 4-benzoyl (2a), 4-nitro-phenyl (2b) and furan with aryl = 4-benzoyl-phenyl (3a), 4-nitro-phenyl (3b)) were prepared by monosubstituting triphenylamine under electrophilic aromatic conditions affording 4-nitrotriphenylamine and 4-benzoyltriphenylamine. Di(bromination) of the latter compounds followed by Stille cross-coupling reactions with 2-tributylstannylthiophene or 2-tributylstannylfuran produces the new monomers 2a–b and 3a–b in high yield. The monomers are electrochemically polymerized at relatively low potentials (<0.8 V versus Ag+/AgCl) in acetonitrile electrolytes resulting in electroactive films. All the new polymers can be repeatedly oxidized and reduced with little loss of electrochemical activity. Vibrational spectroscopy reveals that the monomer units are connected predominately via coupling of the thiophenyl or furanyl rings yielding the novel polymers. Single-crystal molecular structure determinations of 4-nitrotriphenylamine and monomer 3b indicate the importance of the electron-withdrawing groups on the pendent phenyl groups in determining the extent of delocalization of the extended multi-ring systems. Molecular orbital calculations suggest that the HOMO of 2b is delocalized about both anilino and thiophenyl portions of the molecule.

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    Lawrence C. Baldwin, Andrew P. Chafin, Samantha A. Hawkins, Michael E. Wright, David L. Witker & Nicholas Prokopuk

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Baldwin, L.C., Chafin, A.P., Deschamps, J.R. et al. Poly(thiophenylanilino) and poly(furanylanilino) polymers. J Mater Sci 43, 4182–4191 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-008-2598-x

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