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Synthesis of a Bisbenzylideneacetone-Containing Benzoxazine and Its Photo- and Thermally Cured Thermoset
A bis(4-hydroxybenzylidene)acetone/aniline-based
benzoxazine (<b>BHBA-a</b>) was prepared from a bisbenzylidene-containing
bisphenol, bis(4-hydroxybenzylidene)acetone (<b>BHBA</b>), aniline,
and paraformaldehyde through Mannich condensation in a cosolvent of
toluene/ethanol (2:1, v/v). The structure of <b>BHBA-a</b> was
successfully confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>13</sup>C NMR spectra. According to the differential scanning
calorimetry (DSC) thermogram of <b>BHBA</b>, an immediate exothermic
peak after the melting peak was observed, suggesting that <b>BHBA</b> is thermally active. NMR data of thermally treated <b>BHBA</b> confirm that the immediate exothermic peak after melting of <b>BHBA</b> in the DSC thermogram is resulted from the curing of
a double bond. UV and <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectra of <b>BHBA-a</b> show that the bisbenzylideneacetone moiety underwent dimerization
through the [2π + 2π] cycloaddition. Therefore, two procedures
were applied to cure <b>BHBA-a</b>. The first one was thermal
curing of the double bond of bisbenzylideneacetone and oxazine moieties.
The second one was photocuring of the bisbenzylideneacetone moiety,
followed by thermal curing of the oxazine moiety. The thermal properties
of thermosets were evaluated based on these two procedures. Thermosets
of <b>BHBA-a</b> exhibit <i>T</i><sub>g</sub> as high
as 318 °C for curing procedure 1 and 342 °C for curing procedure
2. These values are much higher than that of a traditional bisphenol/aniline-based
benzoxazine thermoset. We conclude that the thermal curing of the
double bond of bisbenzylideneacetone and photodimerization of bisbenzylideneacetone
contributes to the good thermal properties