Chain‐growth polycondensation of monomer consisting of two aromatic rings: Synthesis of well‐defined poly(ether sulfone) from 4‐fluoro‐4′‐hydroxydiphenyl sulfone
Chain‐growth polycondensation of monomer consisting of two aromatic rings: Synthesis of well‐defined poly(ether sulfone) from 4‐fluoro‐4′‐hydroxydiphenyl sulfone
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由两个芳环组成的单体的链增长缩聚:从4-氟-4-羟基二苯砜合成结构明确的聚醚砜
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10.1002/pola.10429
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2002
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A. Yokoyama
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作者:
T. Yokozawa;Takahisa Taniguchi;Yukimitsu Suzuki;A. Yokoyama
The self-assembly of well-defined polymers containing condensation polymers or oligomers has recently received much attention because of their surprising properties or functionality. 1 The condensation polymer units in these polymers are prepared by conventional polycondensation and possess a broad molecular weight distribution2–10 except for several examples, 11–17 whereas the condensation oligomer units with a single molecular weight are prepared by stepwise synthesis. 18–34 A general synthetic method for condensation polymers with low polydispersites would promote the development of new materials on the basis of self-organization. We have succeeded in synthesizing condensation polymers having defined molecular weights and low polydispersities by chain-growth polycondensation where monomers react with the polymer end group selectively, not with other monomers. 35–38 In the chain-growth polycondensation of potassium 3-cyano-4-fluorophenolate yielding aromatic polyethers via aromatic nucleophilic substitution, 37 we took advantage of different substituent effects between monomer and polymer; the electron-donating nature of the phenoxide in the monomer strongly reduces the electrophilicity of the carbon atom bonding to fluorine, whereas the ether linkage in the polymer does not strongly deactivate the polymer end aromatic fluoride. The monomers therefore react with only the polymer end group selectively like living polymerization to give well-defined aromatic polyethers. The electron-withdrawing cyano group at the ortho position of fluorine of the monomer is required for aromatic nucleophilic substitution of fluorine.Considering the same substituent effects between monomer and polymer and the effectiveness of the electron-withdrawing group at the para position of fluorine for aromatic substitution, we expected that monomers 1 consisting of two aromatic rings connecting to an electron-withdrawing linkage at the para position would also undergo chain-growth polycondensation (Scheme 1). This polycondensation of 1 is of interest in the following two aspects. First, does the different substituent effects between the phenoxide in monomer and the ether linkage in polymer effectively change the reactivity of fluorine through the two aromatic rings connected with the electron-withdrawing linkage? It has been reported that the substituent on the benzene ring affects fluorine on the other benzene ring in compounds like 1, 39–42 but chain-growth polycondensation has not been examined. Second, some monomers of 1 have already been used for the production of engineering plastics. This means that those polymers themselves not only have good mechanical properties but