title: Crown-tetrathiafulvalenes attached to a pyrrole or an EDOT unit: synthesis, electropolymerization and recognition properties.
abstract: A crown-tetrathiafulvalene electroactive receptor has been covalently linked to electropolymerizable pyrrole or 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomers. The synthetic route to the monofonctionalized tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) ligand has been optimized. Two derivatives of pyrrole (N- and 3-substituted) were synthesized. The various substituted monomers have been electropolymerized to produce polypyrrole (PP) and poly(ethylenedioxothiophene) (PEDOT) films bearing the electroactive TTF moiety. The electroactivity of the polymer films is efficiently controlled by the well-defined two-step redox behavior of the TTF unit. In the case of PEDOT, an alternative post-polymerization derivatization strategy has been used, involving the grafting of the crown-TTF ligand on the previously grown PEDOT backbone. Though chemical derivatization is realized under heterogeneous conditions, in the bulk of the film, this strategy proved to be particularly efficient. These electrodes constitute the first examples of conducting polymer-based modified electrodes incorporating a TTF electrochemical probe, able to interact with a guest ion, such as Ba2+. The cation recognition properties of these various electrodes have been analyzed by cyclic voltammetry and their electroactivity in water as well as their regeneration capability have been investigated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et Ingénierie Moléculaire des Matériaux d'Angers (CIMMA), Groupe Synthèse Organique et Matériaux Fonctionnels, UMR CNRS 6200, Université d'Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France.
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trippé
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Derf
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyskawa
authors.forename: Miloud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazari
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roncali
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorgues
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levillain
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sallé