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Wright State University

2015

Poly arylene ethers, PAE, functionalized, sulfonamide, pendent, glass transition temperature, meta activated

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Tuning The Physical Properties Of Poly(Arylene Ether)S Prepared From 3,5-Difluorobenzene Sulfonamides, Renata Mitton Jan 2015

Tuning The Physical Properties Of Poly(Arylene Ether)S Prepared From 3,5-Difluorobenzene Sulfonamides, Renata Mitton

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A series of functionalized poly(arylene ether)s, PAEs, based on 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamides with varying groups on the sulfonamide moiety were investigated. The main goal of the project was to tune the physical properties of the PAEs by altering the organic groups present on the sulfonamide nitrogen atom, including combinations of aryl iodide, alkyl, allyl, 4-ethoxycarboxylphenyl and benzyl moieties.

Using 3,5-difluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride as a starting material, N-R1-N-R2-3,5-difluorobenzenesulfonamides were prepared, followed by conversion to the corresponding PAEs by reaction of 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamides with Bisphenol-A, via a typical NAS polycondensation. Copolymers with varying contents of the functional monomer ranging from 10 to 25 %, …