Acidity of the methyne group of poly(4-vinylpyridine) leads to side-chain protonation in pyridine

Evgenia Vaganova*, Mark Rozenberg, Faina Dubnikova, David Danovich, Shlomo Yitzchaik

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Abstract

Poly(4-vinylpyridine) swollen in pyridine displays changes in electrical conductivity in response to white light and to low level thermal perturbation; protonation of the side-chain nitrogen is believed to play a role. Here we present spectroscopic evidence that the proton donor is the methyne group CH on the polymer chain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5920-5922
Number of pages3
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume39
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2015

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