title: 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: supramolecular structure and use as a building block for luminescent conjugated polymers.
abstract: Building bridges: The title compound forms an unprecedented polymeric structure with bridging B-H-B three-center two-electron bonds in the solid state. This organoborane serves as an efficient precursor for the preparation of boron-doped pi-conjugated polymers by hydroboration polymerization with a functionalized 1,4-diethynylbenzene (see picture). These polymers form thin films that show intense green luminescence.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorbach
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolte
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hans-Wolfram
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Max C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Holthausen
authors.forename: Frieder
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jäkle
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner