Graft copolymers of rigid-rod polymers as single-component molecular composites

Autor: Robert C. Evers, My Dotrong, M. H. Dotrong
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Polymer. 34:726-730
ISSN: 0032-3861
Popis: End-capped poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) structures containing randomly distributed 2,6-dimethylphenoxy pendants along the rigid-rod backbone were synthesized through the copolycondensation of 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzenedithiol dihydrochloride with terephthaloyl chloride and 2-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-terephthaloyl chloride in polyphosphoric acid. End-capping was accomplished through the addition of 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid to the reaction mixture. Through control of reaction stoichiometry, copolymer intrinsic viscosities were limited to 8.6 dl g−1 (methanesulphonic acid, 30°C) or less. The 2,6-dimethylphenoxy moiety served as a graft site for grafting reactions with 3-phenoxybenzoic acid in a methanesulphonic acid/phosphorus pentoxide medium. Incorporation of the resultant thermoplastic poly(ether ketone) side-chains into the rigid-rod poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) structures was substantiated through infra-red spectroscopy and analysis of model reactions.
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