Abstract
New chemically modified polysulphones with both N-phenacyl-4, 4’-bipyridinium bromide and N-alkylacetate-4, 4’-bipyridinium bromide derivatives, have been synthesized by chemical modification reaction of chloromethylated polysulphones with various N-substituted monoquaternary-4, 4’-bipyridinium bromides. The structure of the modified polysulphones was confirmed by elemental analysis and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Various reaction conditions were checked in view to obtain soluble polymers. Key words: chemically modified polysulphone, chloromethylated polysulphone, N-phenacyl-4, 4’-bipyridinium bromide, N-alkylacetate-4, 4’-bipyridinium bromide, viologen