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Synfacts 2011(11): 1190-1190  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289237
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Conjugated Polymers via Aroyl Chloride-Alkyne Polymerization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Olesya Haze
J. Liu, C. Deng, N.-W. Tseng, C. Y. K. Chan, Y. Yue, J. C. Y. Ng, J. W. Y. Lam, J. Wang, Y. Hong, H. H. Y. Sung, I. D. Williams, B. Z. Tang*
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P. R. of China
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19 October 2011 (online)

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Significance

Diyne and aroyl chloride monomers (1 and 2) undergo rhodium-catalyzed decarbonyl­ative polyaddition to produce high-molecular-weight linear (3) or hyperbranched (5) conjugated polymers in good yield.