Synthesis of conjugated segment-based cyclic polymers for direct imaging of the cyclic molecular topology

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Mar 31;58(27):4340-4343. doi: 10.1039/d1cc07223d.

Abstract

Conjugated polyacetylene-based monocyclic and bicyclic polymers were synthesized by blocking-cyclization metathesis polymerization using short ladderphanes as the initial motif and multi-cyclizing unit, and fully characterized to elucidate the cyclic characteristics and good photoelectric properties. Importantly, the molecular topology of rationally designed cyclic polymers was directly observed without a tedious post-modification treatment.