P. Schottland et al., SYNTHESIS AND POLYMERIZATION OF NEW MONOMERS DERIVED FROM 3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE, Journal de chimie physique et de physico-chimie biologique, 95(6), 1998, pp. 1258-1261
We report here the results of the synthesis of soluble polymers derive
d from 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene. Starting from a 3,4-ethylenedioxyth
iophene monomer functionalized by an hydroxymethyl group, we synthesiz
ed several monomers bearing different side groups. The influence of al
kyl chain length of side groups was studied in order to improve the so
lubility of the resulting polymer obtained by chemical oxydation. The
optical properties of some chemically polymerized materials are also r
eported.