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Synfacts 2007(8): 0816-0816  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968780
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Peryleneimide-Fused Polythiophene

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Zhihua Chen
R. Blanco, R. Gómez, C. Seoane, J. L. Segura*, E. Mena-Osteritz, P. Bäuerle*
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and University of Ulm, Germany
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24 July 2007 (online)

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Significance

Peryleneamidine monoimide fused terthiophene 2 was synthesized and its electrochemical properties were studied. Electrochemical polymerization of 2 afforded a low-band-gap (E g = 0.9 eV) polythiophene 3. An extensive electrochemical study demonstrated that films of 3 are highly electroactive in both the p- and the n-doping process and this is attributed to the direct conjugation of the peryleneimide units with polythio­phene main chain.