double polyester capped aniline trimer was synthesized by the reaction of double aminocapped aniline trimer and -caprolactone with stannous octoate as catalyst
via ringopening polymerization in anhydrous toluene solution.The molecular weight of the obtained polymer was ca.5.9103
calculated through 1HNMR
very close to the data collected by gel permeation chromatography (GPC:Mn=5.0103
Mw=5.8103
DMF as solvent).The structure of the polymer was characterized and verified by 1H-NMR
FT-IR
UV-Vis
cyclic voltammetry (CV) and GPC.The polymer obtained has good solubility in common organic solvents.Both thermostability and electrostability are enhanced
compared to aniline trimer.Especially
the polymers sensibility to pH value is superior to the standalone aniline trimer.The color of the polymers solution can be changed from violet to cyanic (from pH=7 to pH=5).When the pH value is adjusted from 7 to 8
the solution color is bleached greatly.However
the standalone aniline trimer responds only to acid solution
with the color from royal purple to turquoise.The enhancement of both stability and sensibility gives the polymer more opportunity to be used as sensor materials.