ABSTRACT:Four chiral conjugated polymer-1 (P-1), polymer-2 (P-2), polymer-3 (P-3) and polymer-4 (P-4) were obtained by the polymerization of (S)-6,60 -dibromo-2,2 0 -bisbutoxy-1,1 0 -binaphthyl ((S)-M-1) and (R)-6,6 0 -dibromo-2,2 0 -bisbutoxy-1,1 0 -binaphthyl ((R)-M-1) with 1,4-divinyl-2,5-dibutoxybenzene (M-2) and 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2,5- 1-4 (R) or (S)-1,1 0 -binaphthol (BINOL) have often been used as the starting materials for obtaining chiral binaphthyl compounds. The 2,2 0 -hydroxyl groups of BINOL can be easily converted into other functional groups and the 3,3 0 -and 6,6 0 -positions of binaphthyl skeletal structure of BINOL can be selectively functionalized at the well-defined molecular level, leading to a variety of binaphthyl derivatives which can exhibit remarkably stable chiral configuration as well as high chiral induction in molecular recognition, 5-9 asymmetric processes.10-15 These rigid and sterically chiral polybinaphthyl polymers also represent a new generation of materials for applications in chiral sensors, polarized light emission and nonlinear optical materials. [16][17][18][19][20] Conjugated polymers with rigid -systems often possess poor solubility, which seriously inhibits full structural elucidations and property investigations. We choose M-2 and M-3 as the conjugated molecular bridge linkers. Oxadiazole derivatives have been widely used as electron transporting/hole blocking materials in LED devices and LED blends because oxadiazole unit has many excellent properties on the better chromophore, high thermal and oxidative stability, and the good charge injection and transporting building blocks. [21][22][23] In our paper, M-3, 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2,5-bis(4-vinylbenzene) is introduced into the chiral polymers main chain backbone to maintain conjugation between the oxadiazole and binaphthyl segments so that the electron transporting properties of the polymers may be improved. In addition, by introducing oxadiazole, an electron deficient moiety into the main chain, the electron density may shift away from the vinyl bond, which could increase the stability of the resulting chiral polymers. 24,25 To make soluble conjugated polymers, the alkyl groups substitutents on the phenyl and binaphthyl rings as side chain of the polymers can improve solubility in organic solvents and facile electro-optical sensors. Heck, Suzuki, Stille and Sonogashira reactions are the most important C-C coupling reactions in organic chemistry synthesis. Herein, we present preliminary results of synthesis and properties of four polymers based on the chiral unit 1,1 0 -binaphthyl structure. The four chiral polymers containing vinylene linkages between naphthyl and phenyl groups can reduce steric hindrance between backbone rings and groups, and also have a beneficial effect on delocalizable -electronic conjugation structure of polymers. These polymers are green-blue light emitting materials with very good fluorescence quantum efficiencies.
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General1 H, 13 C NMR spectra measurements (all in CDCl 3 ) were recorded...