Facile synthesis of 3-(x-acetoxyalkyl)thiophenes and derivedcopolythiophenes using Rieke zinc

Suleyman Kudret; Jurgen Kesters; Sander Janssen; Niko Van den Brande; Maxime Defour; Bruno Van Mele; Jean Manca; Laurence Lutsen; Dirk Vanderzande; Wouter Maes

Facile synthesis of 3-(x-acetoxyalkyl)thiophenes and derivedcopolythiophenes using Rieke zinc

Suleyman Kudret, Jurgen Kesters, Sander Janssen, Niko Van den Brande, Maxime Defour, Bruno Van Mele, Jean Manca, Laurence Lutsen, Dirk Vanderzande, Wouter Maes

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Abstract

An optimized synthetic protocol toward highly reactive Rieke zinc is applied for the preparation of a series of x-(2,5-dibromothiophene-3-yl)alkyl acetate monomers and statistical copolythiophenes derived
thereof, with 10% of ester-functionalized side chains. The obtained conjugated polymers are attractive
electron donor materials for organic solar cells, notably to increase the thermodynamic stability of the
bulk heterojunction polymer:fullerene active layer blend, and are fully characterized by a combination
of spectroscopic, thermal analysis and electrochemical techniques.
2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-30
Number of pages	9
Journal	Reactive and Functional Polymers
Volume	22
Issue number	75
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Rieke zinc
Advanced thermal analysis
Optimized synthetic protocol
Organic photovoltaics
Ester side chains
Random copolythiophenes

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Facile synthesis of 3-(x-acetoxyalkyl)thiophenes and derivedcopolythiophenes using Rieke zinc

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