A series of thermally stable organic polymers [poly(2,5-diethynylpyridine] (5), [poly(1,4- diethynyl benzene)] (6), [poly(2,5-dialkyl-p-phenyleneethynylene)] (7), and [poly(p,p-diethynylbiphenyl)] (8), were synthesized by the reaction between diterminal aryleneethynylene, [HCCArCCH] {Ar= C5H5N ( 1) ; Ar = C6H6 (2) ; Ar =C6H4(CH3)2 (3) ; Ar = C6H4-C6H4 (4) } and CuCl in pyridine by Hay’s oxidative coupling method. Then the organometallic polymers [PhPt(PnBu3)2-C≡C-(Ar-C≡C)n-Pt(PnBu3)2Ph] {Ar = C5H5N (9) ; Ar = C6H6 (10) ; Ar = C6H4(CH3)2 (11) ; Ar = C6H4-C6H4 ( 12) } were synthesized by the reaction of organic polymers 5, 6, 7 and 8 with metal precursor (PnBu3)2 PtPhCl in diethylisopropileamine with good yield. These metal-linked polymers were characterized by IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and 31P-NMR spectra. Finally the molecular weight of the organometallic polymers ( 9, 10, 11 and 12) was determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). It is clearly observed from GPC that the polymers were synthesized with different degree of polymerization.
Keywords : Organometallic polymers; Hay’s Oxidative coupling. GPC.
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doi: 10.3329/jsr.v3i3.7293 J. Sci. Res. 3 ( 3), 597-607 (2011)