title: Pendant cyclodicarbaphosphazatriene-containing monomers and polymers: synthesis, crystal structures and polymerization behavior of [NC(NMe2)]2[NP(O-C6H4-p-C6H4-p-CH=CH2)(X)], X = Cl, OCH2CF3, OC6H5, OC6H4-m-CH3, OC6H4-p-Br.
abstract: The reaction of the dicarbaphosphazene, [NC(NMe(2))](2)[NPCl(2)] (2), with the sodium salt of 4-hydroxy-4'-vinylbiphenyl afforded the vinyl group containing monomer [NC(NMe(2))](2)[NP(Cl)(O-C(6)H(4)-p-C(6)H(4)-p-CH=CH(2))] (3). Replacement of the lone chlorine atom of 3 by oxygen nucleophiles gave [NC(NMe(2))](2)[NP(OR)(O-C(6)H(4)-p-C(6)H(4)-p-CH=CH(2))] [R = CH(2)CF(3) (4); C(6)H(5) (5); C(6)H(4)-m-CH(3) (6); C(6)H(4)-p-Br(7)]. The X-ray crystal structures of 3-7 reveal that all the cyclodicarbaphosphazenes have a planar N(3)PC(2) ring; the ring carbons are completely planar, while the geometry around phosphorus is pseudotetrahedral. The presence of weak intermolecular hydrogen bonding [C-H---X(Cl or Br), C-H---N, or C-H---pi] interactions in 3-7 leads to the formation of polymeric architectures in the solid-state. The monomers 4-7 can be polymerized by a free-radical initiator to afford the corresponding air-stable homopolymers 8-11. These have moderate molecular weights with polydispersity indices ranging from 1.33 to 1.58. All of these polymers have high glass transition temperatures and have excellent thermal stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208 016, India. vc@iitk.ac.in
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