Patent ID: 7884175
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: C08G,H01L

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing poly(arylenevinylenes) from bis(halomethyl)arylene of the formula (XXVI), which comprises base-induced dehydrohalogenation, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of between 2 and 40 mol% of one or more compounds of the formula (I): where the symbols are defined as follows: Aryl is the same or different at each instance and is a bivalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has from 2 to 40 carbon atoms and is substituted by R R is the same or different at each instance and is an alkyl chain which has from 4 to 40 carbon atoms, and may also be substituted by one or more R X is the same or different at each instance and is Cl, Br, I, trifluoromethanesulfonate or arylsulfonate; Y is the same or different at each instance and is Cl, Br, I, trifluoromethanesulfonate, arylsulfonate or R Z is the same or different at each instance and is Cl, Br, I, trifluoromethanesulfonate, arylsulfonate or —S(O)R R R