2.3. Amides and Lactams 3435 2.4. Imides 3448 2.5. Thiophenes 3451 2.6. Thiazolines, Thiazoles, and Thiazines 3454 2.7. Dithiazoles 3456 2.8. Thiadiazoles 3456 2.9. Imidazolines and Pyrimidines 3456 2.10. Alcohols 3458 2.11. PdO to PdS 3461 2.12. Reduction 3462 2.13. Nucleotides, Purines, and Pyrimidines 3463 2.14. Miscellaneous 3467 2.15. P4S10 vs Lawesson’s Reagent (LR) 3473 3. Conclusion 3473 4. Acknowledgments 3473 5. References 3473

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Poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-2,7-vinylene-alt-dibenzothiophene-2,8-vinylene) (PS) and poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-2,7-vinylene-alt-dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide-2,8- vinylene) (PSO) as well as corresponding model compounds were synthesized by Heck coupling. Both the polymers and model compounds were readily soluble in common organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane, chloroform, and toluene. The polymers showed a decomposition temperature at ∼430 °C and a char yield of about 65% at 800 °C in N2. The glass-transition temperatures of the polymers were almost identical (75–77 °C) and higher than those of the model compounds (26–45 °C). All samples absorbed around 390 nm, and their optical band gaps were 2.69–2.85 eV. They behaved as blue-greenish light emitting materials in both solutions and thin films, with photoluminescence emission maxima at 450–483 nm and photoluminescence quantum yields of 0.52–0.72 in solution. Organic light-emitting diodes with an indium tin oxide/poly(ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonic acid)/polymer/Mg:Ag/Ag configuration with polymers PS and PSO as emitting layers showed green electroluminescence with maxima at 530 and 540 nm, respectively. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 6790–6800, 2006

Novel blue-greenish electroluminescent poly(fluorenevinylene-alt-dibenzothiophenevinylene)s and their model compounds

The structural aspects, methods of preparation and chemical behavior of sulfoxides are surveyed with emphasis on supplementing existing discussions 1 , 2 of this family of compounds.

G. I. Davies

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