Water-and ionic-liquid-soluble branched polythiophenes bearing anionic and cationic moieties

TV Richter, C Bühler, S Ludwigs

Index: Richter, Thomas V.; Buehler, Christian; Ludwigs, Sabine Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 1 p. 43 - 46

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Abstract

The synthesis of ionically functionalized branched polythiophenes with either carboxylic acid (anionic, P3T-COOH) or methylimidazolium (cationic, P3T-MIM) end groups is presented. Due to the large number of end groups present in the polymer, the functionalization has a major impact on the solubility of the polymers. In the case of P3T-COOH, the polymer shows a fully reversible phase transfer between organic solvents and water, depending on the ...