Scheme 1. Radical chain growth mechanism of the Gilch precursor route of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2’-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV, 2) in THF

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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