A mild, copper catalyzed route to conducting polyaniline.
The aniline dimer, N-(4-aminophenyl)aniline has been polymerized cleanly under mild conditions to obtain an emeraldine base form of polyaniline using [MeB(3-(Mes)Pz)3]CuCl as the catalyst and H2O2 as the oxidant, while the subsequent acidification of the emeraldine base gives the conducting emeraldine salt form of polyaniline.
Dias
H V Rasika
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas 76019-0065, USA. dias@uta.edu
Wang
Xiaoyu
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Rajapakse
R M Gamini
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Elsenbaumer
Ronald L
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