Patent ID: 9012600
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: C08G

Abstract:
1. A method for the preparation of a polymer comprising: providing a plurality of monomers and/or oligomers of the structure: where: x is 1 to 10; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are independently hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C 20 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl; R 5 and R 6 are independently methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C20 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl; p is 2 through 6, m is 1 through p−1, n is 0 through p−2; when x is 1, Z is H or C(O)OR7 or when x is >1, Z is H, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or C(O)OR7, where R7 is hydrogen, lithium, sodium, potassium, cesium, or ammonium where 1 to 4 of the bonds to N is to H, C 1 to C 8 alkyl, aryl, or alkyl aryl groups; and A is O or NR, where R is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C 20 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or CH 2 X wherein X is C(O)R 8 , CH 2 YR 9 , or CR 10 ═CR 11 R 12 , where R 8 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C 20 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl, OR 13 , or NR 14 R 15 , where R 13 , R 14 , and R 15 , are independently hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C 20 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl, wherein Y is O, OC(O), NR 16 , or NR 17 C(O), and where R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, C 3 through C 8 straight or branched chain alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl; combining at least two equivalents of a halogen, N-haloimide, or N-haloamine with every mole of the monomers and/or oligomers; and polymerizing or copolymerizing the monomers and/or oligomers to form a conjugated polymer.