Kazuya Matsumoto, Takayuki Ogawa and Mitsutoshi Jikei
Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 7297-7300
DOI:
10.1039/C7PY01609C,
Communication
Based on Friedel–Crafts acylation, nonstoichiometric polycondensation was achieved using 4,4′-dicarboxydiphenyl ether and 2,2′-dimethoxybiphenyl in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid. The decrease in the acylation reactivity of 2,2′-dimethoxybiphenyl by protonation and the increase in the acylation reactivity of the monoacylated species by deprotonation play a key role in successful nonstoichiometric polycondensations.