Reduction of the steric hindrance to conjugation in 3,4-disubstituted poly(thiophenes); cyclopenta[c]thiophene and thieno[c]thiophene as precursors of electrogenerated conducting polymers
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 19,p. 1500-1502
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39870001500
Abstract
The cyclopenta[c]thiophene (1) and thieno[c]thiophene (2) have been synthesized and used as substrates for electropolymerization; steric hindrances is less in poly(1) than in poly(3,4-dialkylthiophenes), while attempts to electropolymerize (2) were unsuccessful.Keywords
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