Carbohydrate‐modified conducting polymers synthesis and electrochemistry of sugar‐linked azulenes polyazulenes

Communication: Chiral‐polymer electrodes and electochemical sensor devices are two pro potential applications for carbohydrate‐modified conducting polymers with a polyazulene backbone (see figure where R is a sugar). Carbohydrate modification, whitel providing the conducting polymer with molecular‐targeting capability also lends water‐solubility to the intrinsicly hydrophobic azulene group and should therefore enable chemistry and electropolymerization in aqueous solution. magnified image