ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the p-conjugated polymers including boron atoms in their main chain. It reviews the developments in the syntheses and properties of p-conjugated polymers containing group 13 elements. The chapter provides a general introduction to the p-conjugated polymers involving various kinds of boron compounds. It illustrates the synthetic approach to the p-conjugated polymers composed of an aluminum complex. The chapter discusses development of the p-conjugated polymers containing the stable gallium compounds. It describes from the optical properties of the series of the heteroatom-containing polymers, similarity and variety of the contributions of the group 13 elements to electronic structures. The chapter also describes the pioneer efforts for achieving such a polymer. Owing to progress in synthetic methodology for incorporating instable elements, as well as various heteroatoms, into p-conjugated systems through polymer main chains, p-conjugated polymers containing group 13 elements have been rapidly developed over the last two decades.
