Doping of selected schiff polybases and polyaniline with heteropolyacids: catalytic properties of the products

Summary form only given. Conjugated polymers, such as polyaniline or polyimines can serve as convenient supports on which catalytically active species can be deposited. In the preparation of such catalysts the doping technique typically used for the fabrication of conducting polymers can be employed. Thus poly imine prepared via condensation of p-phenylenediamine-and terephtalic aldehyde and polyaniline were doped with 12-molybdophosphoric acid in order to obtain new catalytic systems active in alcohol conversion. These new catalysts were characterized spectroscopically (FTIR, UV/VIS, EPR, ESCA) and their catalytic activity was determined in the test reaction of isopropyl alcohol conversion.