Iterative step-growth synthesis and degradation of unimolecular polyviologens under mild conditions

  • Abigail O. Delawder
  • , Mark S. Palmquist
  • , Jovelt M. Dorsainvil
  • , Nathan D. Colley
  • , Tiana M. Saak
  • , Max C. Gruschka
  • , Xuesong Li
  • , Lei Li
  • , Yipei Zhang
  • , Jonathan C. Barnes

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Abstract

An iterative step-growth addition method was used to expedite the gram-scale synthesis of main-chain polyviologens by several days, while also producing the longest main-chain polyviologen (i.e., 26 viologen subunits) reported to date. Facile degradation using inorganic and organic aqueous bases was also demonstrated for a representative oligoviologen (6V-Me·12Cl), a polyviologen (26V-Me·52Cl), and oligoviologen-crosslinked hydrogels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1358-1361
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume58
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 28 2022

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