A. Yokoyama, Hirofumi Suzuki, Y. Kubota
May 17, 2007
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Abstract
Palladium-catalyzed polycondensation of 2-(7-bromo-9,9-dioctyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (1a) with tBu3PPd(Ph)Br (2) via Suzuki−Miyaura coupling reaction was investigated. The polymerization in a mixture of THF and 2 mol/L aqueous solution of Na2CO3 proceeded smoothly at room temperature and afforded well-defined polyfluorenes with narrow molecular weight distributions. MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy showed that the obtained polymers have a phenyl group at one end. The relationships of conversion to number-average molecular weight (Mn) and feed ratio to Mn were linear. These results demonstrate that this organometallic polycondensation proceeds through a chain-growth polymerization mechanism from an initiator unit derived from the catalyst.