Method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsThomas Pounds, Martin Humphries, Nazrul Islam
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Abstract
A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of: polymerizing one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and subsequently converting the precursor groups to the side-groups.
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A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- polymerising one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and
- converting the precursor groups to the side-groups;
- wherein the backbone comprises fluorene repeat units.
A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- polymerising one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and
- converting the precursor groups to the side-groups;
- wherein the side group is a group of formula —(OR)n—R4;
- wherein R in each occurrence is a C1-10 alkyl group;
- wherein one or more non-adjacent C atoms may be replaced with O;
- R4 is H or OH, and n is at least 1.
A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- polymerising one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and
- converting the precursor groups to the side-groups;
- wherein the side-group is an oligomer.
A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- polymerising one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and
- converting the precursor groups to the side-groups;
- wherein the precursor group is a group of formula —O-PROT, wherein PROT is a protecting group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.