Synthesis, photophysical, and electrochromic properties of new triarylamino-containing polyphenylquinoxalines

New triarylamino-containing bis(α-diketones) are synthesized. On the basis of these compounds, a series of electrochromic organosoluble polyphenylquinoxalines with glass-transition temperatures of 224–315°C are prepared. All polymers intensively fluoresce in solutions and thin films with maxima at 535–600 and 530–560 nm, respectively. Cyclic voltammograms of polyphenylquinoxalines exhibit reversible redox properties in the range E _1/2 = 0.92–1.25 eV. It is shown that, after 15 cycles, all polymers preserve high stability and reversibility of electrochromic characteristics, but their color changes from yellow (neutral form) to wine red (oxidized form).