Figure 3. Exemplary reaction setup of the low temperature Gilch polymerization at different reaction times. The three-necked flask is equipped with an internal thermometer and an argon supply: Premonomer solution before addition of base (left), reaction mixture one hour after addition (first from left), reaction mixture 2.5 h after addition (second from left) and schematic representation of the reaction setup (right)

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Teaching Organic Electronics: The Synthesis of the Conjugated Polymer MEH-PPV in a Hands-on Experiment for Undergraduate Students

Amitabh Banerji, Ann-Kathrin Schönbein, Lena Halbrügge

World Journal of Chemical Education. 2018, 6(1), 54-62 doi:10.12691/wjce-6-1-9