Alternating Copolymers of Anthracene via Novel Radical ROP

Abstract

Significance: The authors design a monomer 1 that polymerizes via an innovative controlled radical ring-opening polymerization (ROP) and results in copolymers with a perfect alternating structure.Comment: Incorporation of other optoelectronic groups can be accomplished via palladium-catalyzed postmodifications (2 → 3). The authors chose to incorporate diphenylamine, N-phenylcarbazole, and N-phenylphenothiazine for their strong electron-donating properties.