Chain-Growth Polymerization of 2-Chlorothiophenes Promoted by Lewis Acids

Lewis acids promote the polymerization of several 2-chloroalkylenedioxythiophenes, providing high-molecular-weight conjugated polymers. The proposed mechanism is a cationic chain-growth polymerization, as confirmed by end-capping reactions and a linear correlation of molecular weight with percent co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bonillo Fernandez, Baltasar, Swager, Timothy Manning
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84605