Synthesis, spectroscopy and quantum chemical DFT studies on new pleiadene-based materials

The synthesis and characterisation of poly-vinyl-6b,10b-dihydrobenzo[j]cyclobut[a]accnaphthylenc (PVDBCA) and the poly- vinylpleiadene dimer (PVPD) have been accomplished. Raman spectroscopy, electrochemistry, X-ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations of model systems have been combined in order to address the evolution of the structural and electronic parameters upon polymerization relative to specific through-space interactions between the monomeric units in the macromolecules. These studies could have some significance for wire-like materials from the point of view of electron or hole transporting.