Journal of Polymer Science, volume 59, issue 24, pages 3150-3160

Living ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of norbornenes bay ‐functionalized perylene diimides

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-10-14
scimago Q1
SJR0.827
CiteScore6.3
Impact factor3.9
ISSN00223832, 15426238, 26424150, 26424169
Materials Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Abstract
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)-derived poly(oxanorbornene imide)s bearing bay-linked mono-alkoxy-M1 and 1,7-di-alkoxy M2 functionalized perylene diimides (PDIs) were synthesized using Grubb's third (G3) and Hoveyda-Grubbs second generation (HG2) ruthenium-alkylidene metathesis initiators. The mono-alkoxy-derived PDI-based non-ladderphane polymer polyM1 displayed 67% to 77% of the trans olefin content in the polymer chain depending on the initiator used for the polymerization. When using the symmetrical 1,7-di-alkoxy-derived PDI-based polymer polyM2 having the ladderphane type-structure, this displayed a significant amount of cis and trans olefin contents in the polymer chains, irrespective of the type of initiators used for the polymerization. ROMP of both monomers M1 and M2 proceeded in a well-controlled manner with a linear dependence of molecular weight on the monomer/initiator ratio using G3 as initiator. Optical properties of the ladderphane-based polyM2 and non-ladderphane-based polyM1 were characterized in both solution and the film state. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis for all the polymers showed significant π-stacking in the thin film state with ordered molecular packing and closer values of d-spacing for both polyM1 and polyM2. Film morphology examined by AFM elucidated homogenous smooth polymer surface for both polymers in general, but with some irregularities observed for polyM1. In addition, CV analysis revealed both polymers could be good candidates as electron-accepting materials, with excellent film-forming ability, and thermal stability.
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2020-06-29 citations by CoLab: 6 PDF Abstract  
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Journal of Organic Chemistry scimago Q2 wos Q1
2019-07-12 citations by CoLab: 31 Abstract  
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Li H., Meng J., Sun X.
2019-07-01 citations by CoLab: 8 Abstract  
Two novel PDI derivatives with bay area functionalization and thionation of the carbonyls, respectively, were designed and their absorption was evaluated by DFT calculation, which predicted to be in the NIR region that is desired for potential application. The effect of the substitutions on the band gap (BG) narrowing and spectral shift was disclosed accordingly. In particular, electron donating group decorated at the bay positions mainly causes HOMO energy level rise up, while thionation contributes greatly to decreased LUMO energy. The significance of imine group for bay functionalization was also clarified, which is essential to the formation of conjugation between substituents and PDI framework to shift LUMO positively.
Nowak-Król A., Würthner F.
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2019-03-07 citations by CoLab: 303 Abstract  
Rapid progress in the synthesis of perylene bisimide dyes gave an old scaffold new life.
Choinopoulos I.
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In this review, molecular brushes and other macromolecular architectures bearing a bottlebrush segment where the main chain is synthesized by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) mediated by Mo or Ru metal complexes are considered. A brief review of metathesis and ROMP is presented in order to understand the problems and the solutions provided through the years. The synthetic strategies towards bottlebrush copolymers are demonstrated and each one discussed separately. The initiators/catalysts for the synthesis of the backbone with ROMP are discussed. Syntheses of molecular brushes are presented. The most interesting properties of the bottlebrushes are detailed. Finally, the applications studied by different groups are presented.
Antonova Alexandra S., Zubkov Fedor I.
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2024-08-30 citations by CoLab: 1 PDF Abstract  
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RSC Advances scimago Q1 wos Q2 Open Access
2023-01-24 citations by CoLab: 6 PDF Abstract  
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2023-01-01 citations by CoLab: 5 Abstract  
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2022-10-05 citations by CoLab: 2 Abstract  
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2022-05-05 citations by CoLab: 2 Abstract  
The introduction of POSS cages leads to PDI-functionalized polynorbornene changing from a lamellar structure to a hexagonal columnar structure with tunable luminescence properties.

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