Bithienylnaphthalene- and bis(3,4-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene-based monomers and polymers

• US 6,359,149 B1
• Filed: 02/02/2000
• Issued: 03/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air, United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force
• Original Assignee: United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force
• Inventors: Tan, Loon-Seng, Sankaran, Balasubramanian
• Primary Examiner(s): HENDERSON JR, CHRISTOPHER A
• Application Number:
  US09/497,034
• Time in Patent Office: 776 Days
• Field of Search: 549/50
• US Class Current: 549/50
• CPC Class Codes: C07D 333/08 Hydrogen atoms or radicals containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms
• CPC Class Codes: C07D 495/04 Ortho-condensed systems
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 65/22 Cyclic ethers having at least one atom other than carbon and hydrogen outside the ring
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/127 comprising five-membered aromatic rings in the main chain, e.g. polypyrroles, polythiophenes
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/128 comprising six-membered aromatic rings in the main chain, e.g. polyanilines, polyphenylenes

Abstract

Provided are novel, electropolymerizable monomers of the formulae:

wherein R₁,R₂ and R₃ are selected from the group consisting of —H, —O(CH₂)_nCH₃,

wherein n has a value of 0 to 11 and m has a value of 1 to 4, and wherein no more than one of R₂ and R₃ is —H. Also provided are polymers resulting from the electropolymerization of these monomers.

Claims

1. 1,5-bis(2-(3,4-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene.

2. 2,6-bis(2-(3,4-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene.

3. 1,5-dimethoxy-4,8-bis(2-(3,4-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene.

4. 1,5-dimethoxy-2,6-bis(2-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene.

5. 1,4,5,8-tetramethoxy-2,6-bis(2-ethylenedioxythienyl)naphthalene.