A Highly Conjugated Polymerizable Fluorene-Based 1,3-Dithietane

Title: A Highly Conjugated Polymerizable Fluorene-Based 1,3-Dithietane

Volume: 3 Issue: 8

Author(s): Kavithaa Loganathan and Peter G. Pickup

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Keywords: Dithietane, conducting polymer, fluorenone, band gap, copolymer, thiophene

Abstract: Reaction of 2,7-(2-thienyl)fluoren-9-one with Lawessons reagent produces a low HOMO-LUMO gap 1,3-dithietane that can be electrochemically polymerised to yield a low band gap poly(fluorene-co-dithiophene) copolymer.

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Loganathan Kavithaa and Pickup G. Peter, A Highly Conjugated Polymerizable Fluorene-Based 1,3-Dithietane, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006; 3 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017806778559590