Copolymerization of 8-Hydroxyquinoline with aniline and intercalation of 8-Hydroxyquinoline into montmorillonite clay

Abstract

Aniline and 8-hydroxyquinoline were successfully electropolymerized in acetonitrile medium using tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate as the background electrolyte. Also, aniline and 8-hydroxyquinoline were copolymerized with different ratios under same conditions, and found that the good ratio of aniline: 8-hydroxyquinoline to make copolymer is 2:1. Cyclic voltammetry and FT-IR spectroscopy analysis confirmed the formation of copolymer. The chemical polymerization of 8- hydroxyquinoline was achieved by using a redox reaction with Ce(IV) ions and intercalation of 8- hydroxyquinoline within the interlayer galleries of the Ce(IV)-MMT clay is succeeded in an aqueous media. Ce(IV) ions were successfully intercalated into MMT clay and this material was further used in the intercalation and polymerization of 8-HQ within the interlayer galleries of MMT clay.