New morphologies of polyacetylene from the precursor polymer polybenzvalene.

TitleNew morphologies of polyacetylene from the precursor polymer polybenzvalene.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1989
AuthorsSwager, TM, Grubbs, RH
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume111
Pagination4413–4422
ISSN0002-7863
Keywordselec cond polybenzvalene polyacetylene, morphol polybenzvalene polyacetylene, norbornene benzvalene block copolymer, polybenzvalene isomerization polyacetylene
Abstract

The synthesis and properties of the polybenzvalene and its conversion to polyacetylene are presented. This conversion is performed by treating polybenzvalene with Lewis acid catalysts. The highest quality material was obtained from the isomerization with HgCl2. The polyacetylene produced by this precursor route has a morphol. that is considerably more amorphous than other forms of polyacetylene that have been previously reported. Orientation of the precursor polymer by stretching induced crystallinity and chain alignment as detd. by x-ray diffraction. The unoriented polyacetylenes exhibited a cond. of 1 $Ømega$-1 cm-1 with I doping. Materials stretched to elongations of l/l0 = 2.3 and l/l0 = 6 displayed conductivities of 13 $Ømega$-1 cm-1 and 49 $Ømega$-1 cm-1, resp. Block copolymers of polynorbornene and polybenzvalene were produced. [on SciFinder(R)]

DOI10.1021/ja00194a041