Anodic oxidation of furans in aprotic solvents

✍ Scribed by S. Pons; A.Scott Hinman

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 403 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(84)87187-x

✦ Synopsis

The anodic oxidation of furans in the presence of substituted 1.4~napthoquinones leads to couphng of the two. In the absence of the quinones, furan oligomers are formed. Further oxidation of these oligomers leads to the formation of conductive polymer films at the electrode surface.