The present invention relates to anionic exchange polymers including a poly(phenylene) structure. The structure can include any useful cationic moiety. Methods and uses of such structures and polymers are also described herein. In one instance, such polymers are employed to form a solid membrane.

The present disclosure provide a nitrogen-containing compound, which includes a segment I with a formula of

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wherein a represents number of methylene groups, a is a positive integer, Ar.sub.1 is an aryl structural unit, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently selected from H, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are connected and form a poly-membered ring together with a N atom to which they are connected.