Adapting N-heterocyclic carbene/azide coupling chemistry for polymer synthesis: enabling access to aromatic polytriazenes.
A click by any other name: Coupling bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)s with bis(azide)s afforded a novel class of conjugated polytriazenes. These polymers were rendered electrically conductive upon doping, and fluorene-containing variants exhibited luminescence. This adaptation of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)/azide coupling chemistry to polymer synthesis reveals the potential of NHCs as building blocks for accessing polymers having useful electronic properties.
Coady
Daniel J
DJ
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Khramov
Dimitri M
DM
Norris
Brent C
BC
Tennyson
Andrew G
AG
Bielawski
Christopher W
CW