The Synthesis of a Novel Tröger Base Polymer of 2,6(7)-Diamino-9,9,10,10-Tetramethyl-9,10-Dihydroanthracene

Abstract

Condensation polymerisation technique has been employed to synthesise a Novel Tröger base polymer with thermal stability and microporosity. The synthesis process starts with alkylating anthracene, then nitrating and reducing this to produce the monomer. A Tröger base polymer is obtained by polymerising the monomer to afford a white polymer with good solubility into dichloromethane and chloroform, good thermal stability to ~377oC and a good BET surface area of 368.6 m2/g with a total pore volume of 0.4166 ml/g.