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US 7,842,758 B2Granted
Conjugated materials featuring proquinoidal units
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsMichael J. Therien, Kimihiro Susumu
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Abstract
The invention concerns compounds, oligomers, and polymers that contain: (I), (II), (III), or (IV) groups; where “-” indicates points of attachment.
Claims29
A compound, oligomer, or polymer that contains:
- PM-(Sp-PQ-Sp-PM)n,
- wherein:
- n is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
- PM is a (porphinato)(metal) moiety;
- Sp is ethynyl;
- PQ is
- where “-” indicates points of attachment;
- and R1 and R2 are H, C1-C12 alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, or glycol.
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A compound, oligomer, or polymer that contains:
- PQ-(Sp-PQ)n, PQ-(Sp-PQ-Sp′-PQ′)n, PQ-(Sp′-PQ′-Sp-PQ)n, PQ-(Sp-PQ-X)n, X-Sp-PQ-(Sp-PQ-X)n, PQ-(Sp-PQ-Sp, —PQ′-X)n, X-Sp-PQ-(Sp-PQ-Sp, —PQ′-X)n, X-Sp*-PQ′-(Sp-PQ-Sp′-PQ′-X)n, PQXSp′-PQ′-Sp-PQ-X)n, X-Sp′-PQ′-(Sp′-PQ′-Sp-PQ-X)n, X-Sp-PQ-(Sp′-PQ′-Sp-PQ-X)n, or X-(Sp-PQ-X-Sp′-PQ′-X)n
- wherein:
- n is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
- Sp is ethynyl;
- PQ is
- where “-” indicates points of attachment;
- R1 and R2 are H, C1-C12 alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, or glycol;
- Sp′ is ethenyl, ethynyl,
- PQ′ is
- where “-” indicates points of attachment;
- and
- X is a conjugated structure;
- wherein at least one of PQ is
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.