POLYMERIZATION OF SILICON-CONTAINING DIPHENYLACETYLENES AND HIGH GAS-PERMEABILITY OF THE PRODUCT POLYMERS
POLYMERIZATION OF SILICON-CONTAINING DIPHENYLACETYLENES AND HIGH GAS-PERMEABILITY OF THE PRODUCT POLYMERS
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DOI:
10.1021/ma00047a038
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发表时间:
1992-10-12
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
HIGASHIMURA, T
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作者:
TSUCHIHARA, K;MASUDA, T;HIGASHIMURA, T
Poly(diphenylacetylene) is thermally very stable, but insoluble in any solvent, whereas polyacetylenes from unsymmetrically disubstituted acetylenes are generally soluble. Hence, the synthesis of soluble poly(diphenylacetylenes) was examined by introducing the trimethylsilyl group. 1-Phenyl-2-[p(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]acetylene and 1-phenyl-2-[m-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]acetylene polymerized with TaCl5-cocatalyst systems to provide new polymers with over 70% yields having a weight-average molecular weight over 1 x 10(6). As cocatalysts, n-Bu4Sn, EtsSiH, and 9BBN were especially effective. The polymers were yellow solids with the alternating double bond structure [-CPh=C(C6H4SiMe3)-]n. They completely dissolved in toluene, CHCl3, etc., and formed tough films by solution casting. The onset temperatures of weight loss in TGA in air were as high as ca.400-degrees-C. Their oxygen permeability coefficients were both high, ca.1000 barrers.