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N Vinylcarbazole

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Formula
  
C14H11N

Melting point
  
66 °C

Molar mass
  
193.244 g/mol

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Appearance
  
pale brown crystalline solid

N-Vinylcarbazole is an organic compound used as a monomer in the production of poly(vinylcarbazole), a conductive polymer, in which conductivity is photon-dependent. The compound is used in the photoreceptors of photocopiers. Upon exposure to γ-irradiation, N-vinylcarbazole undergoes solid-state polymerisation.

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Synthesis

One possible synthesis, patented by Nippon Shokubai, is based on the reaction of carbazole with ethylene carbonate at 300 °C (572 °F)-500 °C (932 °F) under partial vacuum and in the presence of alkaline earth metal and alkaline metal catalyst and silica. This reaction produces N-(2-Hydroxyethyl) carbazole, which in turn generates vinylcarbazole through water eliminiation.

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