Design of new conducting 3,4-disubstituted polythiophenes

Mario Leclerc, G. Daoust

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1990 · 59 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Chemical oxidation of 3,4-dialkylthiophenes gave non-planar polymers exhibiting reduced conductivities; however, decreasing the steric hindrance, by using alkoxy derivatives, led to the synthesis of soluble and highly conducting disubstituted polythiophenes.

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