Synlett 2019; 30(14): 1703-1707
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612088
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Organoselenium-Catalyzed Polymerization of Aniline with Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidant

Ge Gao
,
Jie Han
,
Lei Yu  *
,
Qing Xu  *
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, P. R. of China   Email: yulei@yzu.edu.cn   Email: xuqing@yzu.edu.cn
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This work was financially supported by the Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20181449), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21673202), the Jiangsu Provincial Six Talent Peaks Project (XCL-090), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
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Publication History

Received: 27 November 2018

Accepted after revision: 26 December 2018

Publication Date:
05 February 2019 (online)


Published as part of the Cluster Organosulfur and Organoselenium Compounds in Catalysis

Abstract

A convenient method for the synthesis of polyanilines was developed through the organoselenium-catalyzed oxidation of anilines with H2O2. Unlike reported methods, this reaction generates no wastes other than water. These green features make the method much more practical in terms of large-scale preparation. Moreover, it is the first example of an application of organoselenium catalysis techniques in aniline polymerization reactions and might be an important advance in the fields of both organoselenium catalysis and polyanilines.

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