Semiconducting polymers containing benzodithiophene with decyl phenylethynyl and hexadecyl phenylethynyl substituents have been synthesized by Stille coupling polymerization. The optoelectronic properties of the synthesized polymers have been investigated. The synthesized polymers were tested in bulk heterojunction solar cells.
Polymers containing a fused benzodithiophene core with phenylethynyl substituents were prepared. The parent poly[4,8-bis(4-pentylphenylethynyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene] was prepared by a Stille coupling. Copolymers with the new core were also obtained by Stille coupling with dibrominated fluorene and carbazole monomers. The obtained polymers had a lower band gap as compared to the related benzodithiophene cores due to the extended electron conjugation. The polymers were also highly fluorescent as observed by high quantum yields.
Transparent, film-forming fluorinated arylene vinylene
ether (FAVE)
polymers with enchained triarylamine (TAA) moieties were prepared
and characterized. Control over fluoro-olefin content within the backbone,
as a function of base, was confirmed and postpolymerization dehydrofluorination
was shown to increase fluoroolefin content from 5 to 31 mol %. Thermal
cross-linking was found to occur approximately 100 °C lower than
in traditional FAVE polymers (ca. 160 °C). Electrochemical analysis
demonstrated the enchained TAA retained its established electrochemical
character. The latent reactivity of the TAA was explored via electrophilic
aromatic substitution and formylation reactions toward precise functionalization
for specific electro-optic applications and others.
SummarySeveral N-alkyl and N,N-dialkylaminomethanesulfonic acids were synthesized (as zwitterions and/or sodium salts) to be tested for utility as biological buffers at lower pH levels than existing Good buffer compounds (aminoalkanesulfonates with a minimum of two carbons between amine and sulfonic acid groups as originally described by Norman Good, and in common use as biological buffers). Our hypothesis was that a shorter carbon chain (one carbon) between the amino and sulfonic acid groups should lower the ammonium ion pK
a values. The alkylaminomethanesulfonate compounds were synthesized in aqueous solution by reaction of primary or secondary amines with formaldehyde/sodium hydrogensulfite addition compound. The pK
a values of the ammonium ions of this series of compounds (compared to existing Good buffers) was found to correlate well with the length of the carbon chain between the amino and sulfonate moeties, with a significant decrease in amine basicity in the aminomethanesulfonate compounds (pK
a decrease of 2 units or more compared to existing Good buffers). An exception was found for the 2-hydroxypiperazine series which shows only a small pK
a decrease, probably due to the site of protonation in this compound (as confirmed by X-ray crystal structure). X-ray crystallographic structures of two members of the series are reported. Several of these compounds have pK
a values that would indicate potential utility for buffering at pH levels below the normal physiological range (pK
a values in the range of 3 to 6 without aqueous solubility problems) – a range that is problematic for currently available Good buffers. Unfortunately, the alkylaminomethanesulfonates were found to degrade (with loss of their buffering ability) at pH levels below the pK
a value and were unstable at elevated temperature (as when autoclaving) – thus limiting their utility.
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