Synthesis of an optically active poly(aryleneethynylene) containing extended conjugation in the repeat unit

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00408-9

A binaphthyl-based chiral poly(aryleneethynylene) (R)-9 that contains significantly longer conjugated repeat unit than the previously reported such materials has been synthesized. GPC analysis of (R)-9 shows that its molecular weight is Mw = 38,200 and Mn