IP Library Granted Patent US 7,750,099
Granted Patent B2
US 7,750,099 · App. 11/178,852 · Granted Jul 6, 2010

Method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion

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Patent No.
US 7,750,099
App. No.
11/178,852
Granted
Jul 6, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion comprises: a process of polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene in the presence of a polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent, in which polystyrene-sulfonic acid having a specific molecular weight and a sulfonation degree or polystyrenesulfonic acid having another specific sulfonation degree is used as the polyanion, or in which pH of the reaction mixture during the reaction is set to a specific value.

Claims (29)

1. An aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion wherein the polyanion has a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 1,000,000 and a sulfonation degree of 80 to 100%.

2. A method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion according to claim 1 , said method comprising:

polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene represented by formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, or together form a C 1 -C 4 alkylene group which may optionally be substituted,

wherein the polymerizing is performed in the presence of the polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent, and

the polyanion is polystyrenesulfonic acid having a sulfonation degree of 80 to 99%.

3. A method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion according to claim 1 , said method comprising:

polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene represented by formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, or together form a C 1 -C 4 alkylene group which may optionally be substituted,

wherein the polymerizing is performed in the presence of the polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent, and

an acid selected from the group consisting of water-soluble inorganic acids and water-soluble organic acids is added to the reaction mixture so as to adjust the pH of the resultant reaction mixture to 0.82 or lower.

4. A method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion according to claim 1 , said method comprising:

polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene represented by formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, or together form a C 1 -C 4 alkylene group which may optionally be substituted,

wherein the polymerizing is performed in the presence of the polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent,

the polyanion is polystyrenesulfonic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 1,000,000, and

an acid selected from the group consisting of water-soluble inorganic acids and water-soluble organic acids is added to the reaction mixture so as to adjust the pH of the resultant reaction mixture to 0.82 or lower.

5. A method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion according to claim 1 , said method comprising:

polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene represented by formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, or together form a C 1 -C 4 alkylene group which may optionally be substituted,

wherein the polymerizing is performed in the presence of the polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent,

the polyanion is polystyrenesulfonic acid having a sulfonation degree of 80 to 99%, and

an acid selected from the group consisting of water-soluble inorganic acids and water-soluble organic acids is added to the reaction mixture so as to adjust the pH of the resultant reaction mixture to 0.82 or lower.

6. A method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing a complex of poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and a polyanion according to claim 1 , said method comprising:

polymerizing 3,4-dialkoxythiophene represented by formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, or together form a C 1 -C 4 alkylene group which may optionally be substituted,

wherein the polymerizing is performed in the presence of the polyanion by using an oxidizing agent in an aqueous solvent,

the polyanion is polystyrenesulfonic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 1,000,000, and

the sulfonation degree of the polystyrenesulfonic acid is 99% or more.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
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To: HERAEUS EPURIO GMBH
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS GMBH & CO. KG
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MERGER Recorded Feb 21, 2012
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2012
From: H.C. STARCK GMBH
To: HERAEUS CLEVIOS GMBH
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2009
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 13, 2007
From: H.C. STARCK GMBH
To: H.C. STARCK GMBH & CO. KG
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2005
From: CHIKUSA, YASUO; TAMAKOSHI, HIDEAKI
To: H. C. STARCK GMBH
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