Dj. Vanderzande et al., A GENERAL-APPROACH TO PRECURSORS FOR POLY(ARYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES - MECHANISM, SCOPE AND MODIFICATIONS, Macromolecular symposia, 125, 1998, pp. 189-203
A new precursor route for poly(arylene vinylene) derivatives will be p
resented. In this way non-ionic precursor polymers are obtained which
show an enhanced thermal stability and are soluble in organic solvents
. This enables a thorough structural characterization and the study of
the mechanism. Experiments have been performed to differentiate betwe
en a radical or an ionic polymerization mechanism. Furthermore possibi
lities to tune solubility characteristics and to introduce defects in
the polymer backbone will be discussed. Also the scope for this new ro
ute was explored. The first results indicate that the versatility exce
eds that of the Wessling route, e.g. the synthesis of precursors for p
oly(p-biphenylene vinylene) and poly(2,6-naphthylene vinylene) could b
e accomplished in our case, whereas it failed in the case of the Wessl
ing route.