Synthesis, structural characterization and electrical properties of highly conjugated soluble poly(furan)s

doi:10.1016/S0032-3861(96)01095-6

Polymer

Volume 38, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4973-4982

Dedicated to the memory of Professor Giuseppe Braca, recently died, who promoted this research work

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Abstract

The polymerization of furan by different oxidants has been studied. Particular attention has been devoted to the nature of the reaction medium in combination with FeCl₃ as oxidizing agent. The use of a polar aprotic solvent with high donicity, such as propionitrile, allows one to obtain soluble oligo(furan)s with an ordered aromatic structure and hence high conjugation degree. These products, when blended with polar polymers such as poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), give rise to films with good mechanical properties which, after I₂-doping, display electrical conductivity of several orders of magnitude higher than that reported up to date for I₂-doped powdery and intractable poly(furan)s.

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