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SUBMITTER: Sanji T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592747 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20141029 1
A transition-metal-free controlled polymerization for the attainment of poly(<i>p</i>-aryleneethynylene)s is developed. The polymerization of 1-pentafluorophenyl-4-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzene with a catalytic amount of fluoride anions proceeds in a chain-growth-like manner to afford polymers with controlled molecular weights and low polydispersity indexes. The mechanism involves a pentacoordinated fluorosilicate as a key intermediate. The anionic "living" nature of this process is applied t ...[more]