Rapid Hyperbranched Polythioether Synthesis Through Thiol-Michael Addition Reaction

Ozgun Daglar, Begum Gungor, Gulce Guric, Ufuk Saim Gunay, Gurkan Hizal, Umit Tunca*, Hakan Durmaz*

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Abstract

In this study, two types of hyperbranched (HB) polythioether could readily be achieved in a short time at ambient temperature through a thiol-Michael addition reaction. Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMADC) or methyl propiolate (A2) and trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate) (B3) monomers were reacted using an organobase 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD) as a catalyst in chloroform at room temperature to provide subsequent HB polythioethers. The effect of TBD concentration on the polymerization was studied for the DMDAC case monitoring the molecular weight evolution against time. HB polythioethers were characterized using spectroscopic (nuclear magnetic resonance) and chromatographic (gel permeation chromatography with refractive index and light-scattering detectors) techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)824-830
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Polymer Science
Volume58
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2020

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported by the Research Fund of Istanbul Technical University (Project Number: TGA‐2019‐42295).

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Istanbul Teknik ÜniversitesiTGA‐2019‐42295

    Keywords

    • hyperbranched
    • hyperbranched polymer
    • organocatalyst
    • polysulfides
    • polythioether
    • step-growth polymerization
    • thiol-Michael

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