Electroconductive resins and intermediates and electroconductive coated paper

Claim 1

A process for producing an electroconductive coated paper comprising coating a copying paper base with about 0.1 to about 3 pounds of an electroconductive composition per 3,000 square feet per side of the copying paper base said electroconductive composition having been prepared by chloromethylating or bromomethylating a first composition which comprises, by weight, Component (A) from about 85 to about 95 parts of a polystyrene characterized by a weight average molecular weight, M w , of about 5,000 to about 45,000 and an average molecular weight distribution, M w /M n , of about 2 to about 6; and Component (B) from about 15 to about 5 parts of a cyclic hydrocarbon of from 9 to about 25 carbon atoms which may contain up to two hetero-oxygen atoms, comprising 1 to 3 benzoaromatic rings; thereby introducing chloromethyl or bromomethyl groups on about 70 to 90 percent of the aromatic rings of said first composition and obtaining as a result thereof a chloromethylated or bromomethylated second composition and thereafter reacting the second composition with a tertiary amine of the formula ##STR3## wherein --R 1 , --R 2 and --R 3 are independently --CH 2 CH 2 OH, --CH 2 CHOHCH 3 , --CH 2 CHOHCH 2 OH, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, in an amount sufficient to convert at least about 90 percent of the chloromethyl or bromomethyl groups of the second composition to quaternary ammonium groups.