Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.20, No.9, 463-466, 1999
A novel synthetic method to phenyl-capped penta- and hexaaniline
A new convenient method is reported for the synthesis of the phenyl-capped pentamer and hexamer of aniline. The method was accomplished by the reaction of the parent aniline tetramer in the pernigraniline oxidation state with diphenylamine and N-phenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine in the leucoemeraldine oxidation state, respectively. The mechanism probably involves the formation of cation radicals and their coupling.