Nickel-catalyzed polymerization which employs the coupling of isomeric dichlorobenzophenones is described. The polymerization utilizes inexpensive readily available monomers, 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone (4,4'-DCBP) and 2,5-dichlorobenzophenone (2,5-DCBP). The poly(4,4'-benzophenone) can be derivatized to be soluble during the synthesis by the use of a ketimine precursor that is subsequently hydrolyzed to give the target material. The polymerization of 2,5-dichlorobenzophenone yields a soluble derivative of poly(p-phenylene). The resulting polymers were characterized to confirm the composition, molar mass, and thermal properties. The Ni(O) catalyzed route proves to be facile and economically feasible and opens the way to a large variety of heterocyclic and phenyl-based homo- and copolymers. 4,4'- dichlorobenzophenone, Hydrolyzed, Molar mass, Thermal.
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Phillips et al. (1994) studied this question.