Investigation of the effect of substituent on the growth of polymer for 3-substituted polythiophenes via pyrolysis mass spectrometry

2005-10-15
In this study, direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry analyses of electrochemically polymerized poly(decanedioic acid bis-(2-thiophen-3-yl-ethyl)ester) and poly(terepthalic acid bis-(2-thiophen-3-yl-ethyl)ester) were per-formed to investigate structural and thermal characteristics. It was found that when the ester linkages contain hydrocarbon chains, the growth of polymer occurred through both 2- and 5-positions. On the other hand, when the ester linkages contain more rigid groups such as phenyl, steric hindrance inhibited the growth of the polymer through 2-position and polymerization proceeded via coupling of thiophene moieties mainly at 5-position yielding a polymer with a lower conductivity
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Citation Formats
E. Aslan, L. K. Toppare, and J. Hacaloğlu, “Investigation of the effect of substituent on the growth of polymer for 3-substituted polythiophenes via pyrolysis mass spectrometry,” Synthetic Metals, pp. 191–195, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30185.