Vd. Pokhodenko et al., EFFECT OF CROWN-ETHERS ON SYNTHESIS OF POLYANILINE AND ITS ELECTROCHEMICAL-BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIC-SOLVENTS, Synthetic metals, 60(1), 1993, pp. 81-83
Acidic doping of the polyaniline (PAn) base leads to formation of cond
ucting, soluble PAn.HClO4, and PAn.HBF4. It is found that donor-accept
or interaction between cations Na+, Li+ and the free electron pair of
the amino group in the polymer chain from the one side, and additional
interaction of the crown ether from the other lead to the increase in
magnitudes of PAn redox potentials in DMF solution. The preparation o
f PAn, the polymeric chains of which contain rings of crown ethers, is
described.