Electropolymerization of an Immiscible Monomer in Aqueous Electrolytes Using Acoustic Emulsification

摘要

Water is a most ideal medium for synthetic chemistry from the aspects of operational costs,safety,and greening,but many organic materials are water-insoluble or only sparingly soluble.To overcome the solubility problem in water,synthetic processes employing surfactant-stabilized emulsions and suspensions have been developed.However,the presence of surfactants might cause other problems,such as difficulty in their separation from the reaction mixtures and production of wastes,and therefore,it is desired to conduct emulsion synthetic processes in the absence of surfactants.Although electrosynthesis has been established as a powerful tool in organic and polymer syntheses,it still is in the development stage to fulfill its potential as a"green"methodology.'