Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.82, No.2, 510-518, 2001
Preparation and identification of a soluble copolymer from pyrrole and o-toluidine
A series of copolymers were prepared by chemically oxidative polymerization of pyrrole (PY) and ortho-toluidine (OT) in HCl aqueous medium. The yield, intrinsic viscosity, and solubility of the copolymers were studied by changing the monomer molar ratio. The resulting PY/OT copolymers were identified by FTIR, H-1-NMR, DSC, and WAXD techniques. The experimental results showed that the oxidative polymerization of pyrrole and o-toluidine is exothermic and the resulting polymers exhibit an enhanced solubility in most organic solvents compared with that of pyrrole homopolymer. The polymer obtained is a real and amorphous copolymer containing pyrrole and o-toluidine units.
Keywords:pyrrole-toluidine copolymer;pyrrole-containing copolymer;oxidative copolymerization;Fourier transform infrared;proton nuclear magnetic resonance;differential scanning calorimetry