화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.50, No.4, 259-264, 2003
Ion conductive characteristics of boron stabilized carbanion derived from organoboron pi-conjugated systems
Ion conductive properties of boron stabilized carbanions (BSC) have been studied as a model of pi-conjugated ion conductive polymer in which counter anion of lithium ion is delocalized in pi-conjugated system. After treatment of the BSC precursor (trimesitylborane or dimesityl-9-anthrylborane) with an organolithium reagent, the color of the reaction mixture dramatically turned to dark red or purple. Interestingly, BSC derived from dimesityl-9-anthrylborane showed moderate ion conductivities of 4.02x10(-7) S/cm at 50degreesC even in bulk, indicating high dissociation degree of the BSC lithium salt. This can be attributed to the decreace in site hopping energy of the lithium ion, since anionic charge is delocalized via vacant p-orbital of the boron atom. These observations might have important implication for potential capability of ion conductive pi-conjugated systems.