T. Kirschbaum et al., Efficient solid-phase synthesis of regioregular head-to-tail-coupled oligo(3-alkylthiophene)s up to a dodecamer, J CHEM S P1, 8, 2000, pp. 1211-1216
Solid-phase synthesis of isomerically pure head-to-tail-coupled (HT) oligo(
3-hexylthiophene)s on chloromethylated polystyrene resin has been developed
. Using novel sequences of iodination and Suzuki cross-coupling reaction, a
series up to a dodecamer has been synthesized in high yield and purity. Re
moval of the conjugated oligomers from solid support as methyl esters, sapo
nification and decarboxylation to the HT-coupled oligo(3-alkylthiophene)s c
ould be effectively achieved.