• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.479-483
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• 2003

The reactions of 2,5-bis(ethynyldimethylsilyl)thiophene (1) with aromatic dihalides(1,4-dibromobenzene, 4,4'- dibromobiphenyl, 9,10-dibromoanthracene, 2,5-dibromopyridine, 2,5-dibromothiophene, and 2,6-diiodo-4- nitroaniline) were carried out in the presence of a $[(PPh_3)_2PdCl_2]$-CuI catalyst in refluxing triethylamine to give poly{[2,5-bis(ethynylenedimethylsilylene)thienylene](arylene)} (2-7) with molecular weights of 2200-7400. The oligomers reveal characteristic absorption in the UV/visible region. The thermal behavior of 2-7 was examined by thermogravimetric analysis in an argon atmosphere.