Characteristics of low band gap copolymers containing anthracene-benzothiadiazole dicarboxylic imide: synthesis, optical, electrochemical, thermal and structural studies was written by Murad, Ary R.;Iraqi, Ahmed;Aziz, Shujahadeen B.;Almeataq, Mohammed S.;Abdullah, Sozan N.;Brza, Mohamad A.. And the article was included in Polymers (Basel, Switzerland) in 2021.Reference of 106-21-8 The following contents are mentioned in the article:
Two novel low band gap donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymers, poly[9,10-bis(4-(dodecyloxy)phenyl)-2,6-anthracene-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-bis(2-thienyl)-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole-N-5,6-(3,7-dimethyloctyl)dicarboxylic imide)] (PPADTBTDI-DMO) and poly[9,10-bis(4-(dodecyloxy)phenyl)-2,6-anthracene-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-bis(2-thienyl)-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole-5,6-N-octyl-dicarboxylic imide)] (PPADTBTDI-8) were synthesized in the present work by copolymerising the bis-boronate ester of 9,10-phenylsubstituted anthracene flanked by thienyl groups as electron-donor units with benzothiadiazole dicarboxylic imide (BTDI) as electron-acceptor units. Both polymers were synthesized in good yields via Suzuki polymerization Two different solubilizing alkyl chains were anchored to the BTDI units in order to investigate the impact upon their solubilities, mol. weights, optical and electrochem. properties, structural properties and thermal stability of the resulting polymers. Both polymers have comparable mol. weights and have a low optical band gap (Eg) of 1.66 eV. The polymers have low-lying HOMO (HOMO) levels of about -5.5 eV as well as the similar LUMO (LUMO) energy levels of -3.56 eV. Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) of PPADTBTDI-DMO and PPADTBTDI-8 did not prove instability with decomposition temperatures at 354 and 313°C, resp. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies have shown that both polymers have an amorphous nature in the solid state, which could be used as electrolytes in optoelectronic devices. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as 3,7-Dimethyloctan-1-ol (cas: 106-21-8Reference of 106-21-8).
3,7-Dimethyloctan-1-ol (cas: 106-21-8) belongs to alcohols. The oxygen atom of the strongly polarized O―H bond of an alcohol pulls electron density away from the hydrogen atom. This polarized hydrogen, which bears a partial positive charge, can form a hydrogen bond with a pair of nonbonding electrons on another oxygen atom. Secondary alcohols are easily oxidized without breaking carbon-carbon bonds only as far as the ketone stage. No further oxidation is seen except under very stringent conditions.Reference of 106-21-8
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