Benzoyl peroxide oxidation route to polyaniline salt and its use as catalyst in tetrahydropyranylation of decanol

Abstract

In this work, benzoyl peroxide is used as an oxidizing agent to oxidize aniline to polyaniline salt in the presence of protic acids such as sulfuric or nitric acid. The polymer samples are characterized by infrared, X-ray diffraction, particle size, resistance and density measurements. Polyaniline salts are used as catalysts for the tetrahydropyranylation of decanol. This process is being reported for the first time. The catalytic use of polyaniline salt is quite practical because of its easy preparation, recovery, and reusability of the catalyst.