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Pure Appl. Chem., 2005, Vol. 77, No. 12, pp. 2083-2090

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200577122083

From vinylsilanes to organic/inorganic hybrid materials

Tien-Yau Luh

Department of Chemistry and Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan

Abstract: Alternating regioregular silylene-spaced divinylarene copolymers [(donor-SiMe2-)n=1-3-(acceptor-SiMe2)] are synthesized by rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of bis-alkynes with bisvinylic silyl hydrides. Efficient intrachain energy transfer has been observed in these copolymers. The intensities of emission profiles depend on the relative ratio of donor-to-acceptor chromophores. The corresponding inorganic/organic hybrid materials are synthesized, and their photophysical properties are described.