title: Suzuki polycondensation with a hairpin monomer.
abstract: Two straight monomers were subjected to an AA/BB-type Suzuki polycondensation with a hairpin-shaped 1,8-anthrylene monomer as the counterpart leading to a novel polyarylene which should have the preferred conformation of a folded chain. The molar masses were determined by gel permeation chromatography and dynamic light scattering and found to be M(w) = 14,000 and M(n) = 7,000. MALDI-TOF MS analysis of a fraction provides a fingerprint of the step-growth nature of this polymerization.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, HCI G523, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Yogesh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sangvikar
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: A Dieter
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Schlüter
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto