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Synfacts 2010(11): 1250-1250  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258728
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Inclusion of Cyclopropenium in a Conductive Polymer

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Stefanie A. Sydlik
P. A. Peart, J. D. Tovar*
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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21 October 2010 (online)

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The authors synthesize a precursor polymer to a π-conjugated poly(cyclopropenium). The polymer CpO was synthesized by electrochemical polymerization of CpM. Conversion into the cyclopropenium polymers, z-CpO and z-CpO-H, was observed in the presence of tri­fluoroacetic acid. A carbonyl polymer, CO, was similarly synthesized and the electrical properties were compared by cyclic voltammetry.