Suzuki Polycondensation: Polyarylenes à la Carte

Junji Sakamoto; Matthias Rehahn; Gerhard Wegner; A Dieter Schlüter

doi:10.1002/marc.200900063

Suzuki Polycondensation: Polyarylenes à la Carte

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2009 May 19;30(9-10):653-87. doi: 10.1002/marc.200900063.

Authors

Junji Sakamoto¹, Matthias Rehahn, Gerhard Wegner, A Dieter Schlüter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials, HCI J541, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 21706656
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900063

Abstract

This review draws a rather comprehensive picture of how Suzuki polycondensation was discovered in 1989 and how it was subsequently developed into the most powerful polymerization method for polyarylenes during the last 20 years. It combines insights into synthetic issues with classes of polymers prepared and touches upon aspects of this method's technological importance. Because a significant part of the developmental work was carried out in industry, the present review makes reference to an unusually large number of patents.