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Novel synthesis of electroconducting polymers from simple monomers with transition metal complex catalysts
Author(s) -
Toshima Naoki
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19920590112
Subject(s) - monomer , catalysis , polymerization , chloride , polymer chemistry , benzene , transition metal , polymer , pyrrole , copper chloride , phenylene , copper , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry
Electroconductive polyaromatics or polyarylenes have been successfully prepared by the oxidative polymerization of the corresponding simple monomers over the transition metal complex catalyst. For example, poly(1,4‐phenylene) was prepared from benzene by using oxygen as an oxidant and a copper(I) chloride‐aluminum chloride double complex as the catalyst. The same catalytic system was applied to the preparation of poly(2,5‐pyrrolylene) and poly(2,5‐thienylene) from pyrrole and 2,2′‐bithiophen, respectively. The electrochemical oxidative polymerization was also carried out for the preparation of the poly(1,4‐phenylene) and poly(1,4‐naphthylene) films in the presence of copper(I) chloride and aluminum chloride.