Polymer Bulletin, Vol.52, No.2, 141-148, 2004
Synthesis and properties of PPV-based (eta(6)-arene)Cr(CO)(3)-containing polymers having alkyldiphenylamine or triarylamine in the main chain
Novel poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-based (eta(6)-arene)Cr(CO)(3)-containing polymers including the alkyldiphenylamine or triarylamine units in the main chain were synthesized by the Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons coupling reaction. The structures of the polymers were confirmed by NMR and FT-IR spectra. The polymers were soluble in common organic solvents such as THF, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2. The polymer showed interaction between the electron-withdrawing (eta(6)-arene)Cr(CO)(3) unit and the unshared electron pair on the nitrogen atom along the polymer backbone.