| Abstract: | A composition and an anion exchange membranes including a composition and
a method of forming a composition including a compound including a
poly(phenylene) backbone represented by the following formula:
##STR00001## wherein each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be the
same or different and is H or an unsubstituted or inertly-substituted
aromatic moiety; wherein each of Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 may be the same or
different and is an unsubstituted or inertly-substituted aromatic moiety;
wherein each of R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10 and R.sub.11
is H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group including two to 18 carbon atoms,
with the proviso that each R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10
and R.sub.11 cannot be H; and wherein each of Y.sub.6, Y.sub.7, Y.sub.8,
Y.sub.9, Y.sub.10 and Y.sub.11 may be the same or different and is H or a
functional group. |