SYNTHESIS AND CONDUCTIVITY OF POLY ACENE QUINONE RADICAL POLYMERS

In the reported experiments, polymers with conductivities from 8. 6 multiplied by 10**0 to 7. 3 multiplied by 10** minus **6 ( OMEGA cm)** minus **1 at 2-12 kbar were prepared by zinc-chloride-catalyzed condensation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocycles, and quinones with pyromellitic dianhydride, tetrabromophthalic anhydride, and tetrachlorophthalic anhydride at 450 degree C. These materials are stable in air and exhibit strong electroactive character without addition of oxidizing or reducing agents (dopants).