Synthesis of Soluble High Molar Mass Poly(Phenylene Methylene)-Based Polymers.

ABSTRACT: Poly(phenylene methylene) (PPM) is a multifunctional polymer that is also active as an anticorrosion fluorescent coating material. Although this polymer was synthesized already more than 100 years ago, a versatile synthetic route to obtain soluble high molar mass polymers based on PPM has yet to be achieved. In this article, the influence of bifunctional bis-chloromethyl durene (BCMD) as a branching agent in the synthesis of PPM is reported. The progress of the reaction was followed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and NMR analysis. PPM-based copolymers with the highest molar mass reported so far for this class of materials (up to M_n of 205,300 g mol^-1) were isolated. The versatile approach of using BCMD was confirmed by employing different catalysts. Int

SUBMITTER: D'Elia MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11014094 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature