title: Palladium-catalyzed dehydrohalogenative polycondensation of 2-bromo-3-hexylthiophene: an efficient approach to head-to-tail poly(3-hexylthiophene).
abstract: Dehydrohalogenative polycondensation of 2-bromo-3-hexylthiophene was successful with Herrmann's catalyst and tris(2-dimethylaminophenyl)phosphine as catalyst precursors, giving head-to-tail poly(3-hexylthiophene) (HT-P3HT) with high molecular weight (M(n) = 30,600, M(w)/M(n) = 1.60) and high regioregularity (98%) in almost quantitative yield (99%).
authors.affiliation: International Research Center for Elements Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Qifeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takita
authors.forename: Yuuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuzaki
authors.forename: Fumiyuki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozawa
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C553822:2-bromo-3-hexylthiophene; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013876:Thiophenes; C507295:poly(3-hexylthiophene); D010165:Palladium