Stoichiometric analysis of competing intermolecular hydrogen bonds using infrared spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: We quantitatively analyze multiple hydrogen bonds in mixtures of two monomers: urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) and triethylene glycol-divinylbenzyl ether (TEG-DVBE). The carbonyl stretching band in infrared (IR) absorption spectra is deconvoluted into free and hydrogen-bonded carbonyl groups. The amounts of the sub-components are determined for 21 mixture compositions and initially analyzed using a simple stoichiometric model (based on one dominant hydrogen acceptor group per monomer species) for the equilibrium state of hydrogen bond formation. However, our in-depth stoichiometric analysis suggests that at least two UDMA acceptor groups (carbonyl and alkoxy oxygens) and one TEG-DVBE acceptor group (ether oxygen) contribute to intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. This finding is fu

SUBMITTER: Ryu IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205508 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature