A simple method to prepare head-to-tail coupled, regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes) using grignard metathesis

Advanced Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-253

  Loewe, Robert S ^a   Khersonsky, Sonya M ^a   McCullough, Richard D ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GRIGNARD METATHESIS; METHYLMAGNESIUM BROMIDE; POLYALKYLTHIOPHENES; REGIOREGULAR SYNTHESIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0033077140     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199903)11:3<250::AID-ADMA250>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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