Synthesis, optical and photoconducting properties of platinum poly-yne polymers functionalized with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing bithiazole units

By virtue of the electron-donating and electron-withdrawing properties of t he thiazole ring, a new soluble rigid-rod organometallic polymer containing elecrtron-donating and electron-withdrawing trans-[-Pt-(PBu3)(2)-C=C-R-C=C -](n) (R = bithiazolediyl) groups is prepared by CuI-catalyzed dehydrohalog enation. The thermal properties and the optical absorption and photolumines cence spectra of the polymer are reported. The polymer with a singlet emiss ion peak at 539 nm and photoconducting in a single-layer sandwich structure photocell. The optical gap of the polymer is reduced compared to that for the oligothienyl analogue.