M. Pomerantz et al., SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF A SULFUR HETEROCYCLE FUSED P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE CONDUCTING POLYMER, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 95-6(1-4), 1994, pp. 507-508
Poly(benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-4,8-diyl vinylene) (1) has been pr
epared by the pyrolysis of the precursor polymer 2 and studied. Quantu
m mechanical calculations on the aromatic and quinoid monomers, oligom
ers and polymers indicate that 1 is a planar aromatic polymer.