OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION OF PYRROLE WITH IRON CHLORIDE IN NITROMETHANE

Authors
STANKE D HALLENSLEBEN ML TOPPARE L
Citation
D. Stanke et al., OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION OF PYRROLE WITH IRON CHLORIDE IN NITROMETHANE, Synthetic metals, 72(2), 1995, pp. 159-165
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
159 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1995)72:2<159:OPOPWI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Pyrrole was found to polymerize very slowly in nitromethane in the pre sence of iron(III) chloride to yield a polymer of thin particle size. Addition of water traces increased the rate of reaction about ten time s as well as the particle size and the conductivity of polypyrrole for med. The particle size was also affected by reaction temperature. Thes e effects were interpreted in terms of changes in the coordination sph ere of the oxidant as well as in reaction kinetics.