%0 journal article
%@ 0040-4020
%A He, L.-Y., Urrego-Riveros, S., Gates, P.J., Naether, C., Brinkmann, M., Abetz, V., Staubitz, A.

%D 2015
%J Tetrahedron
%N 33
%P 5399-5406 
%R doi:10.1016/j.tet.2015.05.091
%T Synthesis of poly(thiophene-alt-pyrrole) from a difunctionalized thienylpyrrole by Kumada polycondensation
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2015.05.091
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%X A difunctional thienylpyrrole monomer with a bromide on the thienyl moiety and a magnesium halide on the pyrrole moiety was prepared via chemo-selective magnesium–iodine exchange. Based on this monomer, a π-conjugated alternating poly(thiophene-alt-pyrrole) PTP was synthesized via nickel and palladium catalyzed Kumada polycondensation. The optical and thermal properties of this polymer have been investigated and suggested a wide band gap polymer, with a very low Tg for such polymers.