Molecular compound comprising polymer having hydrogen bond as component compound

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide molecular compounds useful in the fields of state-of-the-art materials, such as formulations, waste water treatments, energy transducers, conductors and bio-model reactions, in a way that interaction points and forces working inside polymer assemblies are fixed as well as controlled so that constituent polymers are aligned and modified. It is also an object of the present invention to provide methods for aligning and/or modifying polymers having hydrogen bond sites. A molecular compound is produced from a tetrakis aryl compound represented by Formula (1) [wherein, X is (CH 2 ) n or p-phenylene; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; Y is hydroxyl, carboxyl or optionally substituted amino; and R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen, lower alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, halogen or lower alkoxy] and a polymer having hydrogen bond sites, such as polyethers, polyalcohols or polyamines.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A molecular compound consisting of a self-associating compound with 4 or more diffusive hydrogen bond sites and a polymer having hydrogen bond sites.  
     
     
         2 . A molecular compound according to  claim 1  in which the self-associating compound with 4 or more diffusive hydrogen bond sites is a tetrakis aryl compound represented by Formula (1)  
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
       
       (wherein, X is (CH 2 ) n  or p-phenylene; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; Y is hydroxyl, carboxyl or optionally substituted amino; and R 1  and R 2  are each hydrogen, lower alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, halogen or lower alkoxy).  
     
     
         3 . A molecular compound according to  claim 1  or  2  in which the polymer having hydrogen bond sites is one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polyethers, polyalcohols, polyamines, polyphenols, polyacrylic acids, polyvinyl ethers, polyvinyl ketones, polyvinyl heterocyclic compounds, polycarboxylic acid vinyls, polysaccharides and polyamino acids.  
     
     
         4 . A method for aligning and/or modifying a polymer having hydrogen bond sites with a self-associating compound with 4 or more diffusive hydrogen bond sites.  
     
     
         5 . A method for the alignment and/or modification according to  claim 4  in which the self-associating compound with 4 or more diffusive hydrogen bond sites is a tetrakis aryl compound represented by Formula (1).  
     
     
         6 . A method for the alignment and/or modification according to  claim 4  or  5  in which the polymer having hydrogen bond sites is one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polyethers, polyalcohols, polyamines, polyphenols, polyacrylic acids, polyvinyl ethers, polyvinyl ketones, polyvinyl carboxylic acids, polyvinyl heterocyclic compounds, polycarboxylic acid vinyls, polysaccharides and polyamino acids.