Issue 41, 2020

Retracted Article: Metal-free [2+2+1] cycloaddition polymerization of alkynes, nitriles, and oxygen atoms to functional polyoxazoles

Abstract

The metal-free [2+2+1] cycloaddition polymerization of alkynes, nitriles, and O-atoms for the regioselective assembly of highly substituted oxazole compounds has been achieved by the use of iodosobenzene (PhIO) with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH). The present reaction could be applied to a facile synthesis of polyoxazoles. In this work, the cycloaddition polymerization of 4-cyano-4′-ethynylbiphenyl and PhIO was developed and modified polyoxazole was prepared. All experimental conditions such as polymerization solvent, temperature, catalyst and time were systematically studied. The structure of the obtained polyoxazole was characterized by GPC and NMR, and its thermal properties were studied by TGA. In addition, the good thermal stability of polyoxazoles with unreacted terminal alkynes and cyano groups makes them potentially useful for modifying resins.

Graphical abstract: Retracted Article: Metal-free [2+2+1] cycloaddition polymerization of alkynes, nitriles, and oxygen atoms to functional polyoxazoles

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 May 2020
Accepted
22 Jun 2020
First published
25 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 24368-24373

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