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Synthesis and properties of 2-(10,11-dihydrodibenz[b,f]azepine-5-yl)carbazole-based monomers and polymers

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Abstract

The synthesis of a series of 2-(10,11-dihydrodibenz(b,f)azepinyl)carbazole-based monomers is reported. Full characterization of their structures is presented. The monomers were subjected to cationic polymerization using BF3·O(C2H5)2 as an initiator. The synthesized monomers and polymers were examined by differential scanning calorimetry, UV spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry and electron photoemission spectrometry. The electrochemical investigation of the solutions of the synthesized compounds revealed HOMO values ranging from −5.12 to −5.06 eV. Electron photoemission spectrometry of the solid samples gave ionization potentials of 5.40–5.50 eV.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by a grant (No. MIP-059/2011) from the Research Council of Lithuania. A. Tomkeviciene acknowledges EU structural Funds project “Postdoctoral Fellowship Implementation in Lithuania” for funding her postdoctoral fellowship. We thank habil. Dr. V. Gaidelis for the help in ionization potential measurements.

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    Ausra Tomkeviciene, Tatjana Bartiuk & Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

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Tomkeviciene, A., Bartiuk, T. & Grazulevicius, J.V. Synthesis and properties of 2-(10,11-dihydrodibenz[b,f]azepine-5-yl)carbazole-based monomers and polymers. Polym. Bull. 68, 453–464 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-011-0564-2

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