Abstract
Communication: Stereospecific polymerizations of functionalized acetylenes were successfully performed using a Rh complex as the catalyst and triethylamine as a base yielding poly(3.4,5-tridodecyloxyphenylacetylene) (Poly5) and poly[3, 4, 5-tris((S)-3, 7-dimethyloctyloxy)phenylacetylene] (Poly6). PolyS and Poly6 are liquid crystalline with presumably a bilayer-type architecture in which the mesogens are arranged in an antiparallel overlapping interdigitated manner. Poly6 showed unusual thermal stereomutation in solution in a very narrow temperature range
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 266-270 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2002 |