Issue 17, 2014

From glycidyl carbonate to hydroxyurethane side-groups in alternating fluorinated copolymers

Abstract

Fluoropolymers bearing five-membered cyclocarbonate pendant groups were synthesized by radical co- or ter-polymerization of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) with various vinyl ethers [glycerol carbonate vinyl ether (GCVE), ethyl vinyl ether (EVE) and 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether (CEVE)] in good yields. Poly[(CTFE-alt-EVE)-co-(CTFE-alt-GCVE)] and poly[(CTFE-alt-CEVE)-co-(CTFE-alt-GCVE)] terpolymers feature higher molecular weights than poly(CTFE-alt-GCVE) copolymers. Then, the first examples of fluorinated polymers bearing hydroxyurethane moieties (PFHUs) were prepared by the chemoselective reaction of the pendant cyclocarbonates with isopropylamine, leading to primary and secondary hydroxyl dangling groups. The chemical structure of these PFHUs was confirmed by FTIR analysis and 1D (1H, 13C, 135DEPT/APT) and 2D (COSY, HMQC) NMR spectroscopies. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses of the PFHUs revealed a higher molecular weight and a decrease in the glass transition and decomposition temperatures, as compared to the parent cyclocarbonate polymers.

Graphical abstract: From glycidyl carbonate to hydroxyurethane side-groups in alternating fluorinated copolymers

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Apr 2014
Accepted
08 May 2014
First published
09 May 2014

Polym. Chem., 2014,5, 5089-5099

From glycidyl carbonate to hydroxyurethane side-groups in alternating fluorinated copolymers

R. Hamiye, A. Alaaeddine, M. Awada, B. Campagne, S. Caillol, S. M. Guillaume, B. Ameduri and J. Carpentier, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5089 DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00547C

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