title: Electropolymerization of an N-heterocyclic carbene-gold(I) complex.
abstract: We report the first example of a polymer in which each monomer contains an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) orthogonally connected to its main chain. A polymerizable imidazolylidene-AuCl complex containing pendant bithiophene moieties was prepared in a high-yield multistep procedure. Oxidative electropolymerization of this monomer afforded the desired polymer, (Au[NHC]Cl)(n), which was characterized via electrochemical studies as well as X-ray photoelectron and UV-vis spectroscopy.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA.
authors: Adam B
authors: AB
authors: Powell
authors: Christopher W
authors: CW
authors: Bielawski
authors: Alan H
authors: AH
authors: Cowley