title: Adapting N-heterocyclic carbene/azide coupling chemistry for polymer synthesis: enabling access to aromatic polytriazenes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Coady
authors.forename: Dimitri M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Khramov
authors.forename: Brent C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tennyson
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Bielawski