A Versatile and Efficient Strategy to Discrete Conjugated Oligomers

Jimmy Lawrence; Eisuke Goto; Jing M Ren; Brenden McDearmon; Dong Sub Kim; Yuto Ochiai; Paul G Clark; David Laitar; Tomoya Higashihara; Craig J Hawker

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b05299

A Versatile and Efficient Strategy to Discrete Conjugated Oligomers

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Oct 4;139(39):13735-13739. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b05299. Epub 2017 Sep 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Materials Research Laboratory and Departments of Materials, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
² Department of Organic Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University , 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan.
³ The Dow Chemical Company , Midland, Michigan 48674, United States.

PMID: 28872865
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05299

Abstract

An efficient and scalable strategy to prepare libraries of discrete conjugated oligomers (Đ = 1.0) using the combination of controlled polymerization and automated flash chromatography is reported. From this two-step process, a series of discrete conjugated materials from dimers to tetradecamers could be isolated in high yield with excellent structural control. Facile and scalable access to monodisperse libraries of different conjugated oligomers opens pathways to designer mixtures with precise composition and monomer sequence, allowing exquisite control over their physical, optical, and electronic properties.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't