D. Macinnes, B. Funt
Sep 1, 1988
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Synthetic Metals
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A new soluble conducting polymer has been found that promises to be useful both in understanding conducting polymer chemistry and in new industrial applications. The compound ortho-methoxyaniline can be polymerized by both chemical and electrochemical methods and gives, using either method, a highly colored material with a conductivity of 3.0 S and good solubility in a number of inorganic and organic solvents. The soluble polymer was analyzed using a variety of common experimental techniques including u.v.-visible and infrared spectroscopy, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography. Cyclic voltammetry of a polymethoxyaniline film showed a reversible spectrum of two oxidation peaks and two reduction peaks. Molecular weight studies show that poly-o-methoxyaniline exists as a very monodisperse polymer with Mw of 2200.