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US 2013/0256604 A1Published application
Conjugated polymers
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsNicolas Blouin, Steven Tierney, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
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Abstract
The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-dione and/or furo[3,2-b]furan-2,5-dionerepeating units or their thioketone derivatives, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.
Claims21
Polymer comprising one or more units of formula I
- wherein X and Y are independently of each other S or O.
A monomer of formula V
- R2—Ar1—U—Ar2—R3 V
- wherein
- U is a unit of formula I or a unit of formula Ia-Id,
- R2 and R3 are each, independently of each other, F, Br, Cl, —CN, —NC, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, —C(O)NR0R00, —C(O)X0, —C(O)R0, —NH2, —NR0R00, —SH, —SR0, —SO3H, —SO2R0, —OH, —NO2—CF3, SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms, or P-Sp-, preferably F, Br or Cl, or denote H, —CH2Cl, —CHO, —CH═CH2, —SiR′R″R′″, —SnR′R″R″, —BR′R″, —B(OR′)(OR″), —B(OH)2 or P-Sp, wherein P and Sp are as defined above, and R′, R″ and R′″ are each, independently of each other, H or optionally substituted C1-40 carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and two of R′, R″ and R′″ may also form a ring together with the hetero atom to which they are attached, and
- Ar1, Ar2 are are, on each occurrence identically or differently, and independently of each other, aryl or heteroaryl, preferably having 5 to 30 ring atoms, which is optionally substituted, preferably by one or more groups R1, and
- R1 is on each occurrence identically or differently F, Br, Cl, —CN, —NC, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, —C(O)NR0R00, —C(O)X°, —C(O)R0, —NH2, —NR0R00, —SH, —SR0, —SO3H, —SO2R0, —OH, —NO2—CF3, —SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms, or P-Sp-.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.