Title: polyarylenevinylenes
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polyarylenevinylenes
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08886
Status: current

Definition
Polymers composed of macromolecules containing exclusively alternating arenediyl or heteroarenediyl (formerly arylene or heteroarylene, respectively) and ethene-1,2-diyl (formerly vinylene) or substituted vinylene constitutional repeating units in the backbone:  where Ar is a divalent arenediyl or heteroarenediyl group and \(\ce{R^{1}}\) and \(\ce{R^{2}}\) are each hydrogen, or an alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl group (structure-based polymer class name).

Notes
1) Polyarylenevinylenes are a subclass of conjugated polymers.
2) Polyarylenevinylenes are of interest mainly due to their electroluminescent properties.

Example
 

Related Terms
- conjugated polymers: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08785
- polyphenylenevinylenes: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08897

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 54 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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Citation: Citation: 'polyarylenevinylenes' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08886
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