Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2018-04-03

Synthesis of bithiazole-based semiconducting polymers via Cu-catalysed aerobic oxidative coupling

Alanna Faradhiyani, Qiao Zhang, Keisuke Maruyama, Junpei Kuwabara, Takeshi Yasuda, Takaki Kanbara

Index: 10.1039/C7QM00584A

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Abstract

Polycondensation using Cu-catalysed aerobic oxidative C–H/C–H coupling reaction was developed for the synthesis of semiconducting polymers. The synthesised polymers served as optoelectronic materials in organic field effect transistors and organic light emitting diodes.