Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Electro synthesis of Conducting Poly (methyl phenylene)

1Department of Chemistry, Ranchi Women's College, Ranchi. (Jharkhand)

2P. G. Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University, Ranchi

*Corresponding Author E-mail: reenabhadani@yahoo.com

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Abstract

The polymerization of toluene was carried out in 1, 2-dichloroethane and nitrobenzene using BF3O(C2H5)2 as supporting electrolyte at platinum electrodes. The polymers were formed as a black mass only at the anode surface. The yield and conductivity of Poly(toluene)or poly(methyl phenylene) depend on the nature of solvents. Cyclic voltammetry measurements suggest that the polymer film is fairly stable.

Keywords

Electrochemical polymerization, Cyclic voltammetry, Poly(methyl phenylene), Nirto benzene, 1, 2-dichloroethane, Boron fluoride etherate