Synthesis and chemosensing properties of cinnoline-containing poly(arylene ethynylene)s

• Natalia A. Danilkina,
• Petr S. Vlasov,
• Semen M. Vodianik,
• Andrey A. Kruchinin,
• Yuri G. Vlasov and
• Irina A. Balova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 373–384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.43

• and a sila-Sonogashira coupling as the polycondensation technique. The fluorescence of the cinnoline-containing polymers in THF was highly sensitive to quenching by Pd2+ ions. Keywords: cinnolines; fluorescence quenching; Pd2+ detection; poly(arylene ethynylene)s; Sonogashira coupling; Introduction

• . Such materials find widespread use in sensing of metal ions and anions, detection of explosives and various biomolecules [2−4]. Among the great variety of known conjugated polymers, poly(arylene ethynylene)s (PAEs) are one of the most promising materials in the search for new chemical sensors [7]. A

• dispersity (ĐM = ) of 2.5 for both compounds. In accordance with this data, compounds 10a and 10b should be defined as oligomers. However the common accepted abbreviation for this class of compounds is PAEs (poly(arylene ethynylene)s). This name has also been applied before to compounds with a similar range