Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis
2019: BCREC Volume 14 Issue 2 Year 2019 (August 2019)

Highly Conductive and Soluble Polymer Synthesized by Copolymerization of Thiophene with Para-Methoxybenzaldehyde Using Clay Catalyst

Djamal Eddine Kherroub (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran1, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran)
Larbi Bouhadjar (Faculté des Sciences de la Matière, Université Ibn Khaldoun de Tiaret, BP P78, Zaâroura, 14000 Tiaret)
Bouhadjar Boukoussa (Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux, Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran1, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran)
Abdelkader Rahmouni (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran1, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran)
Khadidja Dahmani (Centre Universitaire Ahmed Zabana de Relizane, BP 48000, Bourmadia, Relizane)
Mohammed Belbachir (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran1, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2019

Abstract

This present research focuses on the synthesis of a new conducting polymer based on the copolymerization of thiophene with para-methoxybenzaldehyde, using a clay as an ecologic catalyst named Maghnite-H+. The catalysis of the reaction by Maghnite-H+ can confer it important benefits, such as the green environment aspect. The reaction was carried out in dichloromethane as a solvent. The new copolymer obtained is a poly (heteroarylene methines) small bandgap polymers precursor. It can be considered as a useful model system for examining the impacts of π-conjugation length on the electronic properties of this type of conjugated polymers. The measurements of the electrical conductivity gave a value of order of 0.0120 W.cm-1, allowing its use in various important applications. The characteristics of the molecular structure and the thermal behavior of the conducting polymer obtained are also discussed using different methods of analysis, such as: proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). 

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bcrec

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Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry

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Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis (e-ISSN: 1978-2993), an international journal, provides a forum for publishing the novel technologies related to the catalyst, catalysis, chemical reactor, kinetics studies, and chemical reaction ...