Chemistry Letters, Vol.45, No.7, 813-815, 2016
Highly Selective Photocyclic Aromatization (SCAT)-GPC Method for Quantitative Determination of Microstructures of Copoly(substituted acetylenes) Backbone
Highly selective photocyclic aromatization (SCAT) of poly(substituted acetylene)s, which can quantitatively yield the corresponding 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene derivative, was applied to quantitative determination of the microstructures of copoly(substituted acetylene)s. By GPC analysis of the SCAT products of the copolymers of two substituted acetylenes having substituents whose molecular weights were greatly different, some clear information regarding the microstructures, such as sequence (triad) distribution and composition, which could not be obtained from NMR because of their broad peaks, could be obtained successfully under a mild condition.