Synthesis and complete NMR spectral assignment of thiophene-substituted sulfinyl monomers

Anja Henckens; Peter Adriaensens; Jan Gelan; Laurence Lutsen; Dirk Vanderzande

doi:10.1002/mrc.1455

Synthesis and complete NMR spectral assignment of thiophene-substituted sulfinyl monomers

Magn Reson Chem. 2004 Nov;42(11):931-7. doi: 10.1002/mrc.1455.

Authors

Anja Henckens¹, Peter Adriaensens, Jan Gelan, Laurence Lutsen, Dirk Vanderzande

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, IMO, Division Chemistry, Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.

PMID: 15372616
DOI: 10.1002/mrc.1455

Abstract

This paper describes the synthesis of thiophene-substituted sulfinyl monomers. It comprises a four-step reaction by which the thiophene unit is built in via Suzuki coupling. These monomers could be used as building blocks for the preparation of conducting polymers via a new concept: the sulfinyl precursor route i.e. via thiophene substituted poly(p-phenylenevinylene) precursors. Furthermore, the complete 1H and 13C NMR signal assignment is presented. In addition to being essential for the characterization of the polymers concerned, it offers useful input information for further improvement of chemical shift prediction software. Furthermore, the T1C relaxation decay times are demonstrated to have the potential of being a fast and robust criterion for the spectral assignment of analogous monomers.