Polymer Bulletin, Vol.35, No.3, 307-313, 1995
Polymerizations of Nitrogen-Containing Heterophanes by Vapor-Deposition Method, Transformation to Polymeric Films Bearing a Conjugated Structure, and Their Properties
The polymerizations of three nitrogen-containing heterophanes such as [2.2](2,5)pyridinophane (1), [2.2](2,5)pyrazinophane (2) and N, N’-dimethyl-[2.2](2,5)pyrrolophane (3) by the vapor deposition method were carried out. Compounds 1, 2, and 3 gave poly(2,5-pyridinediyl-ethylene), poly(2,5-pyrazinediylethylene), and poly(N-methyl-2,5-pyrrolediyl-ethylene) as tough films, respectively. The transformation of the ethylene unit in the polymer films to the vinylene one by the dehydrogenation reaction using 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) failed in the former two polymeric films and succeeded to a certain extent in the latter one. The electrical conductivity of a poly(N-methyl-2,5-pyrrolediyl-vinylene) film obtained by the dehydrogenation reaction was measured to be 4 x 10(-4) S/cm at room temperature and increased up to 1 x 10(-2) S/cm on doping with iodine.