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Polymers 2010, 2, 393-406; doi:10.3390/polym2040393 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Article Polymerization in Liquid Crystal Medium: Preparation of Polythiophene Derivatives Bearing a Bulky Pyrimidine Substituent Satoshi Ohkawa, Reina Ohta, Kohsuke Kawabata and Hiromasa Goto * Institute of Materials Science, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: gotoh@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-29-853-5128; Fax: +81-29-853-4490. Received: 4 August 2010; in revised form: 25 September 2010 / Accepted: 29 September 2010 / Published: 11 October 2010 Abstract: We carried out polycondensation of monomers bearing a bulky pyrimidine substituent in a liquid crystal solvent. The resultant polymers formed nematic liquid crystals. The polymers prepared in liquid crystals had higher coplanarity than the polymers prepared in toluene. This can be due to the fact that the ordered medium of the liquid crystal produces an aggregated structure with well-developed -stacking between the main chains. The present results demonstrated that polymerization of bulky monomers is possible in liquid crystal solvents. Keywords: liquid crystal; π-conjugated polymer; π stacking 1. Introduction Liquid crystals (LCs) have fluidity and crystal-like order [ 112]. Previous studies reported syntheses of polythiophenes bearing alkyl groups in LCs as an