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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 44, Issue 19, Pages 7639-7644Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma2016979
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23655210] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We report on the reduction of polyaniline (PANT) by pillar[5]arene based on the formation of the poly(pseudorotaxane) structure. When pillar[5]arene was mixed with emeraldine base (EB) form of PANT, a blue solution color resulting from the EB form of PANI was diluted over time, and became completely colorless after 180 min. The FT-IR spectrum of the mixture of the EB form of PANT and pillar[5]arene displayed a new band at 1646 cm(-1), which was assigned the C=O stretching band of benzoquinone. These results indicate that both oxidation of the hydroquinone units of pillar[5]arene and reduction of the EB form of PANT were induced by mixing the EB form of PANT and pillar[5]arene. Pillar[5]arene showed a stronger reducing ability than the unit model of hydroquinone. The ROE correlations between the methylene bridge protons of pillar[5]arene and the benzene protons of PANT indicated that the PANI chain was included into the pillar[5]arene cavity. Formation of the poly(pseudorotaxane) structure between PANT and pillar[5]arene was the main reason for the strong reducing ability of the EB form of PANI.
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