Preparation of an Electrically Conducting Polymer by the Electrolytic Polymerization of 3-Vinylperylene

Abstract
An electrically conducting polymer was prepared by the controlled-potential anodic oxidation of 3-vinylperylene in a dichloromethane solution containing tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate as a supporting electrolyte. The electrochemically-doped polymer is a partially oxidized radical-cation salt with ClO 4 as a dopant; it exhibits a room-temperature conductivity up to 1 × 10−4 S cm−1 with an activation energy of ca. 0.3 eV.