Sodium periodate can be used to prepare alkyl aminoquinones in good yield by oxidative amination reaction of hydroquinone. New studies have demonstrated for the first time that the same reagent can be used in the preparation of poly(alkyl aminoquinone)s from diamines and hydroquinone as demonstrated in the preparation of poly(ether quinoneamine). The polymer obtained is found to have similar spectroscopic (u.v. and i.r.) and analytical (TLC and viscosity) characteristics to the product prepared previously using excess quinone or calcium hypochlorite.