Synthesis and polymerisation of α,ω-bis(3-pyrrolyl)alkanes
Foitzik, Richard, Kaynak, Akif and Pfeffer, Frederick 2007, Synthesis and polymerisation of α,ω-bis(3-pyrrolyl)alkanes, Tetrahedron, vol. 63, no. 20, pp. 4237-4242.
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Synthesis and polymerisation of α,ω-bis(3-pyrrolyl)alkanes
The synthesis, characterisation and polymerisation studies of a homologous series of α,ω-bis(pyrrolyl)alkanes are described. These α,ω-bis(pyrrolyl)alkanes were produced using Friedel–Crafts acylation followed by reduction of the carbonyl group using Red-Al®. Chemical polymerisation of the resultant dimers using FeCl3 produced poly(α,ω-bis(pyrrolyl)alkane) films, which were characterised by SEM, FTIR and tested for conductivity.