Abstract
The polymerization of bis(4-ethynyl-phenyl)methylsilane catalyzed by RhI(PPh3)3 afforded a regio- and stereoregular hyperbranched polymer, hb-poly[(methylsilylene)bis(1,4-phenylene-trans-vinylene] (poly(1)), containing 95% trans-vinylene moieties. The weight loss of this polymer at 900°C in N2 was 9% Poly(1) displayed an absorption due to π-π* transition around 275 nm as a shoulder and a weak absorption around 330 nm due to π-to-σ charge transfer, which was hardly seen in the corresponding linear polymer.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 68-72 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 9 Jan 2002 |
Keywords
- Hyperbranched
- Optical properties
- Silicon-containing polymers
- Stereoregular polymers
- Thermal properties