Highly Conducting Derivatives Of Polyacetylene And Poly-Pyrrole Formed In The Reaction With Selected Protonic Acids And Metal Halides - Synthesis And Application

Abstract

It has been found that polyacetylene can be used in chemical analysis for selective determination of nitrate ion in dilute aqueous solutions. If such solutions are acidified with sulphuric acid the log σ vs. NO₃ concentration plots are linear over the NO^? ₃ concentration range 2–40 mM. Several new conducting derivatives of chemically polymerized polypyrrole have been prepared in the reaction with selected metal halides such as: FeCl₃, SbC1₅, and others. The products have been characterized by elemental analysis and conductivity measurements.