ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
polyamines
;
4,5-dicyanoimidazoles
;
cyclic voltammetry
;
quasi-reversible
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The 2-(1-methyl-4,5-dicyanoimidazolyl) group was attached to poly(diallylamine) and polyethylenimine, affording polymers containing an electron-withdrawing pendant group. The key to their preparation is high reactivity of 1-methyl-2-fluoro-4,5-dicyanoimidazole (1) toward nucleophilic aromatic substitution (NAS) reactions with aliphatic amines. Cyclic voltammograms of these polymers show reduction waves at -2.6 to -2.7 V vs. Ag/Ag+ but no reoxidation waves, unlike those of monomeric and oligomeric model compounds, which are quasi-reversible. The cyclic voltammetry studies of oligomeric model compounds with different alkyl spacers show that the degree of quasi-reversibility decreases as dicyanoimidazoles are crowded together in a molecule, suggesting that a certain degree of chemical reaction occurs between reduced dicyanoimidazole groups. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 36: 2619-2629, 1998
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
