Synthesis and polymerization of N‐(p‐vinylbenzyl)‐3‐carbamoyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine and redox behavior of the oligomer

Abstract

In order to prepare a soluble dihydropyridine‐type redox polymer, N‐(p‐vinylbenzyl)‐3‐carbamoyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The polymerization of the vinyl monomer in N,N‐dimethylformamide or chloroform was also studied. Only oligomers were obtained by radical polymerization. The reduction of various compounds by the oligomer thus prepared was examined in heterogeneous or homogeneous solution.