Electrochemical oxidative polymerization of binuclear 'anil' and 'salen'-type complexes and tetrahydro derivatives

New kinds of modified electrodes have been prepared on the basis of electro active polymers containing bimetallic 'anil' and 'salen'-type complexes. Ne w tetrahydro 'anil' ligands and complexes have been synthesized, giving bir th to a new family of electroactive polymers. The polymers have been prepar ed potentiostatically and exhibit electrochemical properties analogous to s imple polysalens. In the case of binuclear complexes both imino- and amino- linked monomers polymerize, but the polymers exhibit quite different charge transfer dynamics.