Issue 36, 2021

Organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of 1,3,5-triphenyl-1,3,5-tri-p-tolylcyclotrisiloxane for the precise synthesis of fusible, soluble, functionalized, and solid poly[phenyl(p-tolyl)siloxane]s

Abstract

An organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of 1,3,5-triphenyl-1,3,5-tri(p-tolyl)cyclotrisiloxane (PT3) using water or silanols as an initiator, 1,3-trimethylene-2-n-propylguanidine (TMnPG) as a catalyst, and organochlorosilanes or organoaminosilanes as end-capping agents was developed for the precise synthesis of symmetrically and asymmetrically terminated linear poly[phenyl(p-tolyl)siloxane] (PPTS) with controlled number-average molar mass (Mn), narrow molar-mass dispersity (ĐM), and targeted terminal structures. The synthesis of PT3 was achieved by the reaction of dichloro(phenyl)-p-tolylsilane (PhpTolSiCl2) and sodium hydrogen carbonate in dry toluene using simple synthetic procedures. The keys to controlling these ROP reactions are the use of THF as a solvent and the termination of the polymerization at the appropriate time. The precise synthesis of triblock copolymers of PPTS and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), i.e., PPTS-b-PDMS-b-PPTS, was achieved by both the polymerization of PT3 using linear symmetric PDMS with two terminal silanol groups (PDMS-(OH)2) as a macroinitiator and the two-stage polymerization of hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D3) and PT3. The synthesized PPTS and PPTS-b-PDMS-b-PPTS showed good solubility in various organic solvents. A thermal analysis of the synthesized PPTS revealed high heat resistance and fusibility.

Graphical abstract: Organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of 1,3,5-triphenyl-1,3,5-tri-p-tolylcyclotrisiloxane for the precise synthesis of fusible, soluble, functionalized, and solid poly[phenyl(p-tolyl)siloxane]s

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 May 2021
Accepted
16 Aug 2021
First published
17 Aug 2021

Polym. Chem., 2021,12, 5178-5190

Organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of 1,3,5-triphenyl-1,3,5-tri-p-tolylcyclotrisiloxane for the precise synthesis of fusible, soluble, functionalized, and solid poly[phenyl(p-tolyl)siloxane]s

K. Fuchise, K. Sato and M. Igarashi, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 5178 DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00652E

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