1 Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China. yschen99@nankai.edu.cn lichenxi@nankai.edu.cn.
A new, simple, mild, atom economical homopolymerization method through Pd-catalyzed oxidative C-H/C-H coupling was developed for the preparation of a series of 5-alkyl[3,4-c]thienopyrrole-4,6-dione-based conjugated polymers.