ISSN:
0449-296X
Keywords:
Physics
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
This paper describes polyesters and polyamides obtained by the base-catalyzed additions of hydrogen sulfide to α,β-unsaturated diesters and diamides. The compounds employed were ethylene diacrylate, the diacrylate of trans-1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane, p-xylylene diacrylate, hydroquinone diacrylate, the diacrylate of 1,4-butanedithiol, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butylene dicrotonate, 1,4-butylene dicinnamate, methylene bisacrylamide, and m-xylylene bisacrylamide. The polymers posses the general formula, , wherein R1 is hydrogen, methyl, or phenyl, R2 is hydrogen or methyl, R3 is an alkylene, aralkylene, or oxyalkylene group, and X is oxygen, sulfur, or the imino group. Polymers with as many as several hundred repeating units were obtained. Depending upon the structure, the products are liquids, rubbers, or solids, the polymers are obtained with vinyl or sulfhydryl termination and the efficiency of this termination is very high, as was shown by chain extension of a sulfhydryl-terminated polymer through oxidation to a polydisulfide, $$ \rlap{--} ({\rm RSS\rlap{--} )}_n $$, having a molecular weight 30 times as great as that of the parent dimercaptan. The syntheses of several new monomers are described.
Additional Material:
1 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1966.150040306
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