Chemical synthesis of highly conducting polypyrrole by the use of copper(II) perchlorate as an oxidant

M. M. Castillo-Ortega, M. B. Inoue, M. Inoue*

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Abstract

A reaction of pyrrole and copper(II) perchlorate in acetonitrile yielded highly conducting polypyrrole, [(C4H3N)(C104)x·yH2O]n: a polymer with x = 0.35 and y = 0.25 exhibited a conductivity of 60 S cm-1 and a very low activation energy of 0.011 eV. The e.s.r. spectrum was asymmetric and the g value was 2.0017 that was slightly smaller than the free electron value. These are suggestive of a Dysonian line due to a metal-like charge transport along polymer chains. Materials treated with NH4OH solution showed an infrared spectrum characteristic of polypyrrole.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-70
Number of pages6
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume28
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 1989

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Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work was supported by the Direcci6n General de Investigaci6n y Superaci6n Acad~mica, SEP (Grant No. C87-08-0151-3).

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