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Synfacts 2007(2): 0161-0161  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955817
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Soluble Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s Through Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Yong Yang
C.-Y. Yu, M. L. Turner*
University of Manchester, UK
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23 January 2007 (online)

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Soluble poly(p-phenylenevinyl­ene)s (PPVs) are synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a substituted cyclophanediene derivative. The polymerization proceeds in a living fashion. The resulting PPVs not only have controllable molecular weights and low polydispersities, but also bear an alternating cis-trans microstructure.