Polyrotaxanes by in situ self threading during polymerization of functional macrocycles. Part 2: Poly(ester crown ether)s
摘要:
Poly(ester crown ether)s were synthesized by direct condensation of bis(5-carboxy-m-phenylene)-(3x + 2)-crown-x, x = 6, 8 and 10 (1a, 1b and 1c) with bisphenols via the Higashi method. The formation of higher molecular weight poly(ester crown ether) 5 from the 32-membered crown ether 1c and bisphenol-A (2a) as compared to polyester 3 from 20-membered crown ether 1a and bisphenol-A, polyester 4 made from the 26-membered crown ether 1b and bisphenol-A (2a) and polyester 6 derived from 32-membered 1c and bis(p-t-butylphenyl)-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)methane (2b) under identical conditions is believed to be the result of threading (rotaxane formation) in 5 but no or less threading in 3, 4 or 6; indeed polyester 3 provides a control because its macrocyclic component (1a) too small to be threaded, even by a polymethylene chain. Threading in 5 was undetectable through NOESY experiments. However, melt polymerization of bis(5-hydroxymethyl-m-phenylene)-32-crown-10 (7) with sebacoyl chloride (8) gave an insoluble, but swellable elastomeric material 9, a polyrotaxane network, as a result of more extensive in situ threading brought about by hydrogen bonding of the crown ether with the alcohol moieties in the more concentrated medium. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Polyrotaxanes by in situ self threading during polymerization of functional macrocycles. Part 2: Poly(ester crown ether)s
作者:Harry W Gibson、Devdatt S Nagvekar、Jason Powell、Caiguo Gong、William S Bryant
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(97)00957-5
日期:1997.11
Poly(ester crown ether)s were synthesized by direct condensation of bis(5-carboxy-m-phenylene)-(3x + 2)-crown-x, x = 6, 8 and 10 (1a, 1b and 1c) with bisphenols via the Higashi method. The formation of higher molecular weight poly(ester crown ether) 5 from the 32-membered crown ether 1c and bisphenol-A (2a) as compared to polyester 3 from 20-membered crown ether 1a and bisphenol-A, polyester 4 made from the 26-membered crown ether 1b and bisphenol-A (2a) and polyester 6 derived from 32-membered 1c and bis(p-t-butylphenyl)-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)methane (2b) under identical conditions is believed to be the result of threading (rotaxane formation) in 5 but no or less threading in 3, 4 or 6; indeed polyester 3 provides a control because its macrocyclic component (1a) too small to be threaded, even by a polymethylene chain. Threading in 5 was undetectable through NOESY experiments. However, melt polymerization of bis(5-hydroxymethyl-m-phenylene)-32-crown-10 (7) with sebacoyl chloride (8) gave an insoluble, but swellable elastomeric material 9, a polyrotaxane network, as a result of more extensive in situ threading brought about by hydrogen bonding of the crown ether with the alcohol moieties in the more concentrated medium. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.