Electropolymerization of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene−Gold(I) Complex

Autor: Christopher W. Bielawski, Alan H. Cowley, Adam B. Powell
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131:18232-18233
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/ja908969q
Popis: We report the first example of a polymer in which each monomer contains an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) orthogonally connected to its main chain. A polymerizable imidazolylidene-AuCl complex containing pendant bithiophene moieties was prepared in a high-yield multistep procedure. Oxidative electropolymerization of this monomer afforded the desired polymer, (Au[NHC]Cl)(n), which was characterized via electrochemical studies as well as X-ray photoelectron and UV-vis spectroscopy.
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