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The carboranylpyrrole polymers are functional materials with superior thermal resistance and conducting performances. The carboranylpyrrole structures and Laplacian bond order (LBO) of carborane moiety, as well as the thermal resistance and conducting properties of carboranylpyrrole dimers or polymers, were investigated theoretically. The 11B NMR chemical shifts of 3-(2-methyl-o-carboranyl)alkyl-1H-pyrrole monomers (CP-1 to CP-5) were calculated and analyzed. The average LBO values of some characteristic chemical bonds in the carborane cages of CP-1 to CP-5 molecules were calculated. It is found that the average LBO values of carborane moieties change slightly with the increase in alkyl chain length. The temperature resulting in about 15–20 % weight loss for CP-1, CP-3, CP-4 and CP-5 polymers is predicted to be more than 700 °C. Apart from the C–C bonds in carborane moieties of 3-(2-R-o-carboranyl)propyl-1H-pyrrole (R = CH2OH, CH2OCH3, CN, COCl, Ph) substituents, the LBO values of other bonds in these cages change slightly relative to that in the molecule of 3-(2-methyl-o-carboranyl)propyl-1H-pyrrole (CP-3). The C–C bond LBO values in the carborane cages of these substituents with electron-donating groups (R = CH2OH, CH2OCH3) are bigger than that in CP-3, while those values in those substituents with electron-withdrawing groups (R = CN, COCl, Ph) are smaller than that in CP-3. The polymerization activity calculated for CP-1 to CP-5 monomers increases with the increase in alkyl chain length. The calculated orbital energy gap (∆E LUMO−HOMO) of CP-1 to CP-5 dimers decreases with the increase in alkyl chain length, and accordingly, the electronic conductivity has the potential to increase. In addition, the calculated band gaps of CP-1 to CP-5 dimers cell models also decrease with the increase in alkyl chain length.
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Ge, Y., Li, T. & Shi, L. Theoretical investigation of carboranylpyrrole structures and the thermal resistance and conducting properties of carboranylpyrrole polymers. Struct Chem 27, 1061–1069 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-015-0725-2
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