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A series of short oligo( p -phenylene-ethynylene)- and oligo( p -phenylenevinylene)-type molecular rods with an electronically rich thiophene or thieno[3,2- b ]thiophene core unit and sulfur anchoring groups (AcS−, t -BuS−) at the termini have been synthesised using Sonogashira coupling or Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons ( E )-olefination methodology. The collection of linear/bent, conjugated/cross-conjugated systems has been characterised by UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, optical/calculated HOMO–LUMO gaps and calculated excitation energies. |