Synthesis and characterization of ladder-like copolymethyl-epoxysilsesquioxane

Ming Cao, Ze Li, Yong Zhang, Ping Xie, Daorong Dai, Rongben Zhang, Yuhui Lin, Neal Taishung Chung

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Abstract

A new kind of copolymethyl-epoxysilsesquioxane (CPMES) was synthesized for the first time by hydrosilation reaction of allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) with the ladder-like polymethylhydrosilsesquioxane (Me-H-T) in the presence of dicyclopentadienylplatinum dichloride (Cp2PtCl2) as catalyst. The graft polymer was characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), 1H-NMR, 29Si-NMR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), vapour pressure osmometry (VPO), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results indicate that CPMES possesses good solubility in organic solvents, and a greatly improved thermostability compared with polymethyl-epoxysiloxane with a single backbone.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)119-130
Number of pages12
JournalReactive and Functional Polymers
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2000
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry

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