Synthesis and Characterization of Polyacetylene with Side-chain Thiophene Functionality

A new polyacetylene derivative with electroactive thiophene substituent, namely poly(2-methylbut-2-enyl thiophene-3-carboxylate) was synthesized and characterized. For this purpose, novel acetylene monomer was synthesized by the reaction of 3-thiophenecarboxylic acid with propargyl bromide and polymerized with a Rh catalyst to give the corresponding polymer. The chemical structure of the polymer was characterized to comprise the conjugated backbone and electroactive thiophene side group. UV spectral changes of the polymer with temperature were also studied. The polymer exhibited better thermal stability than the unsubstituted polyacetylenes

Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Properties of Alkyl-functional Naphthoxazines

Cataloged from PDF version of article.A series of alkyl-functional naphthoxazine resins having various alkyl chain lengths from C1 to C18 are synthesized with a high yield and high purity by the reactions of 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene, formaldehyde, and aliphatic amines. The proposed chemical structures of the naphthoxazines are confirmed by high-resolution mass spectrometry, H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and pyrolysis mass spectrometry studies. The alkyl-functional naphthoxazines have shown low polymerization temperature characteristics where polymerization of these monomers is achieved in the range of 150-170 degrees C yielding cross-linked polynaphthoxazines. The low-temperature polymerization characteristics and the associated thermal degradation behaviors are studied. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 127: 3114-3123, 201

Network formation mechanisms in conjugated microporous polymers

We discuss in detail the mechanism of formation of a highly microporous polymer, CMP-1, formed mainly via Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling. We demonstrate how the microporosity evolves with time, and discuss the importance of alkyne homo-coupling on the microporosity