Conjugated Polymer with Benzimidazolylpyridine Ligands in the Side Chain: Metal Ion Coordination and Coordinative Self-Assembly into Fluorescent Ultrathin Films
Conjugated Polymer with Benzimidazolylpyridine Ligands in the Side Chain: Metal Ion Coordination and Coordinative Self-Assembly into Fluorescent Ultrathin Films
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DOI:
10.1021/ma200126e
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发表时间:
2011-05
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Irina Welterlich;B. Tieke
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作者:
Irina Welterlich;B. Tieke
The synthesis and characteristic properties of a new conjugated copolymer with poly(phenylene-alt-fluorene) main chain and 2,6-bis(1′-methylbenzimidazolyl)pyridine (bip) ligands attached to the main chain via flexible spacer groups are described. The copolymer was prepared upon Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling of the 2,7-bispinacolatoboron ester of 9,9-dihexylfluorene and a 1,4-dibromobenzene derivative carrying two ω-bip-substituted alkoxy groups in the 2- and 5-position. The yield was 88%. The polymer is readily soluble in common organic solvents and exhibits a strong blue fluorescence with maximum at 416 nm; the fluorescence quantum yield in toluene is 85%. UV/vis titration of the polymer with zinc chloride in toluene/methanol (99:1 v/v) and ferrous perchlorate in toluene/methanol (24:1 v/v) indicates formation of 2:1 ligand:metal ion (bis)complexes. Complex formation is accompanied by ion specific color changes (ionochromism) and quenching of the ligand fluorescence. The backbone fluorescence is partially...