5-(2-Pyridyl)-2,4-pentadiyn-1-ol was polymerized over
NbCl5- or TaCl5-based catalysts
followed by pyrolysis to obtain graphite-like pyropolymers. The
black metathesis polymer,
poly[5-(2-pyridyl)-2,4-pentadiyn-1-ol], has the structure of a
fully conjugated backbone and
was converted into a polyacene-based polymer having pyridyl pendant
groups. The
pyropolymers prepared by vacuum pyrolysis over 700 °C have nitrogen
atoms incorporated
into graphene sheets. The polymers were characterized by elemental
analysis, TGA, FT-IR, laser Raman, NMR, XPS, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed
desorption
experiments, charge/discharge experiments, and SEM and TEM
studies.