The first rigid-rod cluster-containing
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-alkynyl polymers E-[({Pt
6}-CC-Ar-CC)]
x-{Pt6}-E [(
3), {Pt
6}= Pt
6(
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-PBu
t2)
4(CO)
4, E = end group;
Mn = 22 000-38 000] have been prepared by step-growthpolycondensation of {Pt
6}Cl
2 and 1,4-didodecyl-2,5-diethynylbenzene (HCC-Ar-CCH) under Sonogashira-type conditions. The monodisperse oligomers HCC-Ar-CC-({Pt
6}CC-Ar-CC)
x-{Pt
6}-CC-Ar-CCH [(
4)
x = 0; (
11)
x = 2; (
15)
x = 4] were also prepared by stepwise procedures, still based onCu(I)-catalyzed dehydrohalogenation reactions. A red-shift of the UV-vis absorption centered at ca.470 nm, on increasing chain length, suggests some degree of electron delocalization along the backbone.