title: Reactive Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis, Modification, and Electrochemical Properties of Polypentafluorophenylacetylene (Co)Polymers.
abstract: (Co)Polymers containing pentafluorophenylacetylene (F5PA) have been prepared for the first time mediated by [Rh(nbd)Cl]2/NEt3to give materials with properties typical of poly(phenylacetylene)s prepared with this catalyst/co-catalyst combination. It is demonstrated that the F5PA repeat units in these new (co)polymers serve as convenient reactive species for post-polymerization modification with thiols via para-fluoro aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions to give an entirely new family of novel thioether-functional polyene materials accompanied by absorption maxima shifts of up to 130 nm. Finally, the electrochemical properties of these new fluorinated polyene materials are briefly examined and the distinct difference in behavior of the F5PA homopolymer versus polyphenylacetylene, copolymers, and functional derivatives is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Mathamsanqa N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bhebhe
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Eva Alvarez
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: De Eulate
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Yiwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Damien W M
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Arrigan
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.|Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6012, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011090:Polyenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization
chemical_list: D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated; D011090:Polyenes
keywords: (pentafluoro)phenylacetylenes; Rh-mediated (co)polymerization; electrochemistry; polyenes; thiol-click