Optically active through-space conjugated polymers were prepared from planar chiral pseudo-meta-disubstituted [2.2]paracyclophane. The corresponding optically active pseudo-meta-linked dimers were also prepared, and their optical and chiroptical properties were compared with those of the pseudo-para- and pseudo-ortho-linked dimers. Optically active pseudo-meta-linked dimers and polymers emitted intense circularly polarized luminescence with good anisotropy factors on the order of 10–3. The electrical photoconductivities of the racemic pseudo-meta- and pseudo-para-linked polymers were also evaluated. A number of properties were explained by using time-dependent density functional theory calculations.
- Hazuki Maeda
- Ryo Inoue
- Yasuhiro Morisaki
