| Abstract: | In order to study the effect of the presence of phenyl groups in poly (amino-quinone) (PAQ) polymers, several novel poly(amino-2-phenylbenzoquinone) (PhPAQ) polymers have been prepared from 2-phenylbenzoquinone and aliphatic diamines, such as 1,6-diaminohexane, 1,8-diaminooctane, 1,12-diaminodod+++++, and 1,4-diaminocyclohexane. Prior to the polymerization, 2-phenylbenzoquinone was generated in situ from 2-phenylhydroquinone in the presence of calcium hypochlorite as the oxidizing agent in dichloromethane. All of the polymers synthesized have been characterized with respect to their corresponding model compounds. It was also found that unlike their analogous PAQ polymers, PhPAQ polymers were highly soluble in many common organic solvents because of the presence of phenyl groups in their polymer backbone. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
