C–H Bond Transformations Leading to the Synthesis of Organic Functional Materials

Abstract

In this review, transition-metal-catalyzed or -mediated C–H transformations leading to the synthesis of organic functional materials, such as oligomers, polymers, and π-conjugated molecules, are summarized.

1 Introduction

2 Oligomers and Polymers

2.1 Synthesis of Oligomers and Polymers

2.2 Chemical Modification of Polymers

3 π-Conjugated Molecules

3.1 Indenes and Fluorenes

3.2 Acenes

3.3 Triphenylenes

3.4 Chemical Modification of Perylene Diimides

3.5 Nanographenes

3.6 Condensed Polycyclic π-Conjugated Molecules with Five-Membered Heteroaromatic Rings

3.7 π-Conjugated Molecules with Nitrogen-Containing Six-Membered Heteroaromatics

3.8 Porphyrins

3.9 Miscellaneous (π-Conjugated Molecules)

4 Miscellaneous (Excluding Polymers and π-Conjugated Molecules)

5 Outlook and Conclusions

Key words

catalyst - C–H activation - C–H functionalization - π-conjugated molecule - π-conjugation - functional material - oligomer - polymer

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