New phenothiazine-containing monomers and polymers

Summary Three new phenothiazine-containing electrono-donor monomers: methacryloyl-2-hydroxyethyl-2-(N-phenothiazinyl)propionate (i) acryloyl-2-hydroxyethyl-2-(N-phenothiazinyl) propionate (ii) and 2-(N-phenothiazinyl) propionic acid vinyl ester (iii) were synthesized and radically polymerized. The ionization potentials of poly(i), poly(iii) and of the model for the structural unit of the acrylic polymers: acetyl-2-hydroxyethyl-2-(N-phenothiazinyl) propionate determined with two small acceptors were discussed in terms of sterical hindrances.