Response of protonic acid‐doped poly(o‐anisidine)/poly(vinyl alcohol) composites to relative humidity and role of dopant anions

Various protonated poly(o‐anisidine) (PoAN)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composites were prepared with different types of acids: sulfuric (SA), p‐toluene sulfonic (TSA), camphor sulfonic (CSA), and p‐dodecylbenzene sulfonic (DBSA). In the visible spectrum of each composite in dimethyl sulfoxide, three absorption peaks were observed at 440, 620, and 860 nm. The peaks at 440 and 860 nm, which were enhanced with the increasing content of acid‐doped PoAN in the PVA matrix, were attributed to the radical cation and localized polaron generated in the conducting polymer. However, the peak at 620 nm was ascribed to the emeraldine base (EB) form of PoAN; that is, a portion of the acid was detached from the conducting polymer to form EB‐PoAN and free acid. The linear dependence of the logarithmic electrical conductivity on the variation of humidity, which was observed for all the composites, was caused by the salt–base transition of the conducting polymer, that is, by the movement of free acid between the active sites of the conducting polymer and the strongly bound water existing in PVA, which in turn depended directly on the environmental humidity. The response time of the composites to humidity was shortened with a decrease in the size of the dopant anions: DBSA > CSA > TSA > SA. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 4343–4352, 2000     

Direct Oxidation of β‐Aryl Substituted Aldehydes to α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes Promoted by an o‐Anisidine–Pd(OAc)2 Co‐catalyst

An o‐anisidine‐Pd(OAc)₂ catalytic system for the direct co‐catalytic Saegusa oxidation of β‐aryl substituted aldehydes to α,β‐unsaturated aldehydes has been developed. The use of o‐anisidine in place of (S)‐diphenylprolinol made the process more simply and cost‐effective. The process not only features the use of unmodified aldehydes rather than enol silyl ethers, but also gives moderate to good yields (44–72 %).     

在离子液体中电化学还原合成2-氨基苯甲醚

利用循环伏安法研究了2-硝基苯甲醚在离子液体中的电化学还原行为。以Cu为工作电极,石墨电极为对电极,饱和甘汞电极(SCE)为参比电极,在室温离子液体中电化学还原2-硝基苯甲醚合成2-氨基苯甲醚。优化了电解实验条件,在最佳实验条件(E= -1.0 V, T=50 ℃, c=74.4 mmol·L-1, Q=6 F·mol-1, Y=10:1)下2-氨基苯甲醚的产率最高可达51.3%。在离子液体中电化学合成2-氨基苯甲醚,反应条件温和,避免了有毒易挥发的溶剂、催化剂及其他支持电解质等的使用;并实现了离子液体的重复利用,为2-氨基苯甲醚提供了一条新的绿色化合成路线。     

Thermodynamics of polystyrene solutions. I. Interaction parameters and polymer order

The Maron theory was used to deduce from mostly osmotic pressure and light-scattering data the interaction parameters as a function of concentration, temperature, and polymer molecular weight for solutions of polystyrene in seven different solvents. These interaction parameters were then utilized to calculate the activity coefficients of the solvent in more concentrated solutions for comparison with experimental values deduced from vapor pressure measurements. When order was absent in the polymers (all cases but two), the agreement between calculated and observed activity coefficients was found to be very good. In the two cases where order was present, the activity coefficients observed in the concentrated solutions were higher than those calculated. These deviations were employed to find the degree of polymer order both in solution and in the original polymers.     

Preparation and characterization of soluble terpolymers from m‐phenylenediamine,o‐anisidine,and 2,3‐xylidine

A series of terpolymers were synthesized by the chemical oxidative polymerization of m‐phenylenediamine (MPD), o‐anisidine (AS), and 2,3‐xylidine (XY) in hydrochloride aqueous medium. The yield, intrinsic viscosity, and solubility of the terpolymers were studied by changing the MPD/AS/XY molar ratio from 100/0/0 to 53/39/8 to 0/100/0. It was discovered that the MPD/AS/XY terpolymers exhibit a higher polymerization yield and better solubility than MPD/AS and MPD/XY bipolymers having the same MPD molar content. The as‐prepared MPD/AS/XY terpolymer bases were characterized by Fourier transform infrared, ultraviolet–visible, ¹H NMR, and high‐resolution solid‐state ¹³C NMR spectroscopies; wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction; and thermogravimetry. The results suggested that the oxidative polymerization from MPD, AS, and XY is exothermic, and the resulting terpolymers are more easily soluble in some organic solvents than MPD homopolymer. The copolymer obtained was a real terpolymer containing MPD, AS, and XY units, and the actual MPD/AS/XY molar ratio calculated by solid‐state ¹³C NMR spectra of the polymers is very close to the feed ratio, although the AS content calculated on the basis of the ¹H NMR spectrum of the soluble part of the polymer is higher than the feed AS content. The terpolymers and MPD homopolymer exhibit a higher polymerization yield and much higher intrinsic viscosity and are more amorphous than the AS homopolymer. At a fixed MPD content of 70 mol %, the terpolymers exhibit an increased thermostability and activation energy of the major degradation in nitrogen and air with an increasing AS content. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3989–4000, 2001     

Evaluation of doped and undoped poly (o‐anisidine) as sensing materials for a sensor array for volatile organic compounds

Poly (o‐anisidine) (PoANI) and PoANI doped with nickel oxide and zinc oxide were evaluated as sensing materials for four gas analytes (methanol, ethanol, acetone, and benzene). The sensing materials had high sensitivity (showing an affinity towards the target analytes even at low concentrations, in the range of 1‐5 ppm), but rather poor selectivity, especially when the gas analytes were in a mixture. To exploit the poor selectivity, the three sensing materials were combined into a sensor array using principal component analysis (PCA) as a sensing algorithm. It was found that using a sensor array, the four individual gases could be separated. However, when all four gases were present (in analyte mixtures), there was too much overlap in the responses to distinguish between individual gas analytes and their related mixtures.     

间氨基茴香醚的合成

以间氨基苯酚为原料,经乙酰化、甲基化和碱水解合成了间氨基茴香醚,3步反应的收率分别为90.7%,82.8%和88.2%。最佳的甲基化反应条件为:间羟基乙酰苯胺56 mmol,n(间羟基乙酰苯胺)∶n(M e2SO4)∶n(NaOH)=1.0∶1.5∶1.2,回流反应8 h,四氯化碳为溶剂。     

A 21st century technique for food control: Electronic noses

This work examines the main features of modern electronic noses (e-noses) and their most important applications in food control in this new century. The three components of an electronic nose (sample handling system, detection system, and data processing system) are described. Special attention is devoted to the promising mass spectrometry based e-noses, due to their advantages over the more classical gas sensors. Applications described include process monitoring, shelf-life investigation, freshness evaluation, authenticity assessment, as well as other general aspects of the utilization of electronic noses in food control. Finally, some interesting remarks concerning the strengths and weaknesses of electronic noses in food control are also mentioned.