Towards processable polyether-functionalized poly(3’-styrylterthiophenes)

We have investigated the chemical and electrochemical polymerizations of polyether-functionalized 3’-styrylterthiophene monomers. A comparison of the UV/VIS/NIR spectra of the polymerization products formed from four of these styrylterthiophenes that were either unsubstituted or incorporated decyloxy groups at the 4 and 4”-positions, provides evidence for the formation of significantly longer-chain materials from the decyloxy-substituted compounds.