title: Convenient route to tetraarylphosphonium polyelectrolytes via metal-catalysed P-C coupling polymerisation of aryl dihalides and diphenylphosphine.
abstract: A P-C bond-forming reaction has been applied to the convenient preparation of tetraarylphosphonium polyelectrolytes (TPELs) from aryl dihalides and diphenylphosphine. A TPEL having a thermal decomposition temperature of 460 °C that is also stable to heating at 65 °C in 6 M NaOH(aq) for at least 24 h has been prepared by this method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA and Centre for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies, Clemson University, Anderson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Rhett C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith