Poly(2-hexyl-9,10-anthrylene vinylene) - A new class of soluble poly(anthrylene vinylene)s

A new class of soluble poly(9, 10-anthrylene vinylene)s was synthetised usi ng a metathesis approach. In five reaction steps the precursor polymer was derived, which was then dehydrogenated to yield the conjugated poly(2-hexyl -9, 10-anthrylene) (pHAV). This polymer was chemically characterised (H-1-N MR, C-13-NMR, FT-IR, SEC) and investigated with respect to its photo-physic al (photoluminescence (PL), refractive index (n), extinction coefficient (k appa)) and its film forming (atomic force microscope (AFM)) properties.