title: Directional synthesis of a dye-linked conducting homopolymer.
abstract: We report a new synthesis of a 10,20-diphenyl-5,15-bis(4-cyanophenyl)porphyrin (1) and its reduction to give 10,20-diphenyl-5,15-bis(4-formylphenyl)porphyrin (2). When the conducting polymer poly(2',5'-dioctyl-4,4' '-terphenylenecyanovinylene) was prepared in the presence of 2, we obtained a three-domain structure, compound 3, consisting of two homopolymer blocks (J domains) with the porphyrin dye molecule (P domain) in the middle. The JPJ assembly was subjected to photophysical studies where we showed that the J domain could serve as a light-harvesting antenna for the P domain.
authors.affiliation: The Danish Polymer Centre, RISØ National Laboratory, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. frederik.krebs@risoe.dk
authors.forename: Frederik C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hagemann
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spanggaard