Chemical and Optical Propertiesof New Highly Luminescent Alternating Oligo-m,p-phenylenevinylenes

Summary.

 In this paper we report on the synthesis and characterization of a variety of poly-phenylenevinylene (PPV) derivatives containing para- and meta-linkages in the backbones. By the m-linkages the conjugation lengths of the oligo-m,p-phenylenevinylenes were limited, thus blueshifting the UV/Vis absorption and also the photoluminescence (PL) spectra. Alkoxy substituted oligo-m,p-phenylenevinylenes exhibited absorption and emission spectra at higher wavelengths than oligomers without oxygen directly attached to the backbone. Replacing p-phenylene by 4,4′-biphenylene moieties also led to a hypsochromic shift in the optical spectra. We chose the Heck coupling reaction to synthesize substituted oligomers consisting of alternating p-phenylenevinylene and m-phenylenevinylene units. They were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT IR, UV/VIS, and GPC analysis.