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Described is the synthesis of a ladder polymer with a poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) backbone. The main PPP backbone was synthesized via palladium-catalyzed coupling of an arylbis(boronic ester) with an aryl dibromide. Imine bridges, formed by exposure of the polymer to trifluoroacetic acid, are used to force the consecutive units into planarity. The bridging units are sp2 hybridized thus allowing for greater π-electron flow between the consecutive phenyl units by lowering the band gap between the hydroquinoidal and the quinoidal forms of the phenylene backbone. When the bridges are n-dodecyl substituted, the fully planar structures (with Mn < 5 000) are soluble in hot chlorobenzene from which flexible free standing films can be cast. The n-butyl substituted polymers and the higher molecular weight n-dodecyl substituted polymers are soluble in CH2Cl2/trifluoroacetic acid mixtures. The optical spectra of the planar systems are compared to that of the parent nonplanarized polymers, some analogous planar oligomers, and oligo(p-phenylenes). |
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