ANODIC POLYMERIZATION OF DIFLUORENYLS LINKED WITH POLYETHER OR ALKYL SPACERS - SYNTHESIS OF POLYFLUORENES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLEXING PROPERTIES

The electrochemical synthesis of new polydifluorenyls bearing polyethe r or alkyl substituents is described. The polymerization process (in t erms of yield and mechanism) is discussed, as well as the electrochemi cal behavior and the physicochemical properties of the new polymers. T heir affinity with K+, Na+ and Cs+ is pointed out when analyzing the r eduction of poly(IV) or the reduction of a bilayer of polybenzhy-dryli denefluorene/poly(I, II, III or IV).