STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON PARACYANOGEN AND PARAISOCYANOGEN

Authors
JENNESKENS LW MAHY JWG VLIETSTRA EJ GOEDE SJ BICKELHAUPT F
Citation
Lw. Jenneskens et al., STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON PARACYANOGEN AND PARAISOCYANOGEN, Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions, 90(2), 1994, pp. 327-332
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
09565000
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
327 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-5000(1994)90:2<327:SSOPAP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Polymers derived from the isomeric C2N2 monomers cyanogen (NCCN) and i socyanogen (CNCN) are investigated. Although both paracyanogen [poly(N CCN)] and paraisocyanogen [poly(CNCN)] consist of carbon and nitrogen in a close to 1 : 1 ratio, thermogravimetric (TG) and spectroscopic an alyses (DRIFT, EPR, UV-VIS-NIR and XPS) reveal that their molecular st ructures are markedly different. Despite the occurrence of pi-conjugat ion, no regular ladder structures are found. In line with the spectros copic data, conductivity measurements show that pristine poly(CNCN) an d poly(NCCN) are an insulator and a semiconductor, respectively.