title: Cationic dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]phospholes: a new building block for luminescent, conjugated polyelectrolytes.
abstract: Cationic dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]phospholes are accessible very efficiently by methylation of the phosphorus center. Further functionalization with bromo substituents in 2,6-positions affords a polymerizable monomer that can be copolymerized with a difunctionalized fluorene in a Suzuki-Miyaura-type cross-coupling protocol. The monomers as well as the resulting conjugated polyelectrolyte based on the phospholium units show very intriguing photoluminescence properties, even in the solid state. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durben
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dienes
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baumgartner