Chemically Recyclable Polyethylene-like Sulfur-Containing Plastics from Sustainable Feedstocks

The green revolution in plastics should be accelerated due to growing sustainability concerns. Here, we develop a series of chemically recyclable polymers from the first reported cascade polymerization of H₂O, COS, and diacrylates. In addition to abundant feedstocks, the method is efficient and air-tolerant, uses common organic bases as catalysts, and yields polymers with high molecular weights under mild conditions. Such polymers, structurally like polyethylene with low-density in-chain polar groups, manifest impressive toughness and ductility comparable to high-density polyethylene. The in-chain ester group acts as a breaking point, enabling these polymers to undergo chemical recycling through two loops. The structures and properties of these polymers also have an immeasurably expanded range owing to the versatility of our method. The readily available raw materials, facile synthesis, and high performance make these polymers promising prospects as sustainable materials in practice.     

ATRP与点击化学相结合制备环状聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯

利用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)与点击反应相结合制备环状聚合物. 根据ATRP原理, 用含端炔的有机卤化物作为引发剂时, 产物的一端为炔基, 另一端则为卤素原子, 而卤素原子本身可作为叠氮化物的原料, 从而可利用点击反应使聚合物成环.     

Tough,Reprocessable, and Recyclable Dynamic Covalent Polymers with Ultrastable Long-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

Room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) polymers, whose emission can persist for a long period after photoexcitation, are of great importance for practical applications. Herein, dynamic covalent boronic ester linkages with internal B−N coordination are incorporated into a commercial epoxy matrix. The reversible dissociation of B−N bonds upon loading provides an efficient energy dissipation pathway for the epoxy network, while the rigid epoxy matrix can inhibit the quenching of triplet excitons in boronic esters. The obtained polymers exhibit enhanced mechanical toughness (12.26 MJ m⁻³), ultralong RTP (τ=540.4 ms), and shape memory behavior. Notably, there is no apparent decrease in the RTP property upon prolonged immersion in various solvents because the networks are robust. Moreover, the dynamic bonds endow the polymers with superior reprocessablity and recyclability. These novel properties have led to their potential application for information encryption and anti-counterfeiting.     

可逆加成-断裂链转移自由基聚合与点击化学相结合在制备特殊结构聚合物中的应用

可逆加成一断裂链转移(RAFT)聚合作为一种新型活性自由基聚合方法,由于其具有单体适用面广、聚合条件温和、不受聚合方法的限制等优点,已经成为聚合物分子设计的有效手段之一.点击化学(Click chaemistry)是近几年发展起来的一种快速合成的新方法,是指选用易得原料,通过可靠、高效而又具有选择性的化学反应来实现碳杂...     

Acid-Cleavable Aromatic Polymers for the Fabrication of Closed-Loop Recyclable Plastics with High Mechanical Strength and Excellent Chemical Resistance

Although closed-loop recycling of dynamic covalent bond-based plastics does not require catalysts, their mechanical strength and chemical stability remain a major concern. In this study, closed-loop recyclable poly(aryl imine) (PAI) plastics with high mechanical strength and excellent chemical resistance are fabricated by copolymerizing aromatic amines and aromatic aldehydes through dynamic imine bonds. The resulting PAI plastic with a tensile strength of 58.2 MPa exhibits excellent chemical resistance and mechanical stability in acidic and basic aqueous solutions and various organic solvents. The PAI plastics can be depolymerized in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (THF)/HCl aqueous solution through the dissociation of imine bonds, and the monomers can be facilely recovered with high purity and isolated yields due to the solubility difference between the aromatic amines and aromatic aldehydes in selective solvents. The efficient closed-loop recycling of the PAI plastic can also be realized through monomer conversion because the hydrolysis of the aromatic aldehydes generates aromatic amines. The recovered monomers can be used to re-fabricate original PAI plastics. This PAI plastic can be selectively recovered from complicated mixed polymer waste streams due to the mild depolymerization conditions of the PAI plastic and its high stability in most organic solvents.     

点击化学法修饰氧化石墨烯及其在高分子中的应用研究

点击化学是一种操作简单方便、灵活高效的化学合成方法,对石墨烯的改性具有高效和活性位点可控等特点,是一种新型高效修饰石墨烯的改性法。本文结合点击化学改性石墨烯的特点及在高分子中的应用,将点击化学功能化修饰石墨烯分为共价键点击功能化和非共价键点击功能化,其中共价键结合又可细分为边缘点击功能化改性和表面点击功能化改性。本文介绍了叠氮功能改性剂的制备方法及其修饰石墨烯的点击反应原理,总结了点击功能化石墨烯及氧化石墨烯高分子复合材料的功能特性和应用前景。     

含糖聚合物的合成

综述了含糖聚合物合成的研究发展，介绍了化学和酶催化合成不饱合含糖单体的方法，以及含糖聚合物通过自由基、阳离子、阴离子聚合和高分子改性等四种方法制备途径，同时也探讨了这些含糖聚合物在医药、生物材料、水凝胶等领域中的应用。     

Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Polymers with Side Chains

The present paper covers the synthesis and characterization of several intermediate products, monomer, and polymers. 3-{ 2-[ 4-( 4-Nitrophenylazo ) phenoxy] ethyloxycarbonyl} propanoyloxy (2-hydroxy) propyl acrylate (4) was prepared by the ring-opening reaction of glycidyl acrylate with the monoester of succinic acid (3). The polymers (5) with different molecular weights were prepared by the free-radical polymerization. The polymers (5) had liquid crystalline behavior without decomposition as revealed by DSC, optical microscope.     

Growing Impact of Intramolecular Click Chemistry in Organic Synthesis

Click Chemistry, a modular, rapid, and one of the most reliable tool for the regioselective 1,2,3-triazole forming [3+2] reaction of organic azide and terimal alkyne is widely explored in various emerging domains of research ranging from chemical biology to catalysis and medicinal chemistry to material science. This regioselective reaction from a diverse range of azido-alkyne scaffolds has been well performed in both intermolecular as well as intramolecular fashions. In comparison to the intermolecular metal (Cu/Ru/Ni) variant of ‘Click Chemistry’, the intramolecular click tool is little addressed. The intramolecular click chemistry is exemplified as a mordern tool of cyclization which involves metal-catalyzed (CuAAC/RuAAC) cyclization, organo-catalyzed cyclization, and thermal-induced topochemical reaction. Thus, we report herein the recent approaches on intramolecular azide-alkyne cycloaddition ‘Click Chemistry‘ with their wide-spread emerging applications in the developement of a diverse range of molecules including fused-heterocycles, well-defined peptidomemics, and macrocyclic architectures of various notable features.     

Efficient Synthesis of a Water-Soluble Glucoamide Inhibitor Against Human Aldose Reductase by Click Chemistry

While D-glucose is the natural substrate of aldose reductase (AR) in the polyol pathway, the K _m value of D-glucose against AR is large. A glucoamide 1 was designed as a tool to investigate whether AR has a strong affinity for the open form of D-glucose. Glucoamide 1 was synthesized in high yield by modification of the reaction condition for click chemistry. It was found that our modified condition was applicable for highly polar alkynes and gave coupling products in excellent yield (90% to 100%). Although weak inhibitory activity against AR was observed, kinetic studies showed that AR does not accept glucoamide 1 in its active site.     

含Ullazine结构基元的共轭聚合物的合成及其光电性能研究

将Ullazine结构基元引入到聚合物主链或侧链中,分别与吡咯并吡咯二酮(DPP)、2,5-双(三甲基锡)噻吩共聚得到了二元共聚物PB和三元共聚物PT,分别利用凝胶渗透色谱和热重分析表征了聚合物的分子量和热稳定性,并研究了聚合物的光物理、电化学和光伏性能.基于共聚物PB和PT作为电子给体材料的聚合物太阳能电池器件测试结果表明,二元共聚物PB由于具有较低的能级水平从而获得较高开路电压,而侧链含Ullazine结构基元的三元共聚物PT具有更宽的吸收光谱和更高的空穴迁移率,获得了更高的短路电流和能量转换效率.     

Polymers with Metal-Like Conductivity—A Review of their Synthesis,Structure and Properties

Polymers such as polyacetylene, which have an extended π-electron system in their backbone, or like poly(p-phenylene) consist of a sequence of aromatic rings are excellent insulators in their native state and can be transformed by oxidation or reduction in the solid state into conductive CT-complexes which exhibit metal-like conduction characteristics. The chemical and physical processes involved and the reasons for the observed quasimetallic conductivity are not yet fully understood. The real structure of these materials in chemical and physical terms, i. e. their complicated morphology and texture, as well as the results available on the structure-property relationships of the “organic metals” must be considered when discussing their properties. In other words, a discussion of conductive polymers should be based on what is known of the highly conducting CT-complexes of low-molecular weight compounds. The discovery of the highly conducting polymer complexes has opened up a new interdisciplinary field of research which borders on polymer science, solid-state and semiconductor physics and on organic solid-state chemistry. It is hoped that this area will lead to numerous novel materials and technical applications.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Comb-like Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol-grafted Polyurethanes via ‘Click’ Chemistry

In this study, a series of comb-like methoxy polyethylene glycol (MPEG) functionalized polyurethanes (PUs) (PU–g–MPEG) were successfully prepared via ‘click’ chemistry and polyaddition reaction. The copper catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition was firstly carried out between 3,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1-propargyloxybenzene (PBM) and methoxy polyethylene glycol azide (MPEG–N₃) to obtain MPEGylated diol PBM (MPEG–PBM). Then, the comb-like PUs having MPEG located on the backbones (PU–g–MPEG) were synthesized through the polyaddition of MPEGylated diol PBM and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), ¹H NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and thermo gravimetric analyses (TGA) were used to characterize these synthesized MPEG-functionalized comb-like PUs (PU–g–MPEG). Compared with PU without MPEG grafts, PU–g–MPEG show a better wettability.     

A Facile Strategy for the Development of Recyclable Multifunctional Liquid Crystal Polymers via Post-Polymerization Modification and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Post-polymerization modification (PPM) offers a versatile approach for engineering multifunctional polymers, but this advantage has not been fully exploited to fabricate multifunctional liquid crystal polymers (LCPs). Here, we design a facile synthetic approach towards multifunctional LCP by combining the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with PPM, in which ROMP helps to prepare a reactive LCP precursor with high molecular weight, and PPM provides a facilitation to introduce functional groups into the precursor. Consequently, a photo- and humidity-responsive linear LCP (LLCP) is demonstrated to show the potential of this synthetic strategy to diversify functions of the LCPs. Under light irradiation and humidity changes, the deformation modes of the LLCP films are converted to complex shapes (bending, twisting, and curling). The obtained dual-responsive LLCP with high molecular weight possesses excellent processability and recyclability, making it possible to construct 3D shape actuators with programmable deformation behaviors under light/humidity.     

ATRP与点击化学结合制备树状星型聚合物

本文通过将ATRP技术和点击化学相结合的方法来制备树状星型聚合物[(PMMA)2PSt]4. 首先通过1,3-偶极环加成反应对ATRP的核预聚物进行端基修饰, 得到后继ATRP反应的大分子引发剂, 进而引发第二单体的ATRP聚合生成树状星型聚合物.     

基于L-异亮氨酸衍生物的液晶单体及其聚合物的合成与结构表征

通过对L-异亮氨酸化合物进行扩展性研究及分子设计,本论文合成了四种含(2S,3S)-3-甲基-2-氯戊酰氧基的手性液晶单体(M1～M4),然后再以六氯合铂酸为引发剂,将四种单体通过接枝聚合,获得了对应的聚硅氧烷类液晶高分子(P1～P4),采用FT-IR、1 H-NMR与GPC表征了所合成的中间体、手性液晶单体及其聚合物的化学结构与分子量及分布,结果符合分子设计.此外,采用旋光仪测定了手性单体的旋光度,研究表明:它们均为右旋化合物,其比旋光度随化合物刚性的增加而降低,而对于端基相同、液晶核刚性大小接近的单体,其比旋光度比较接近.     

Synthesis of Cleavable Polymers via Oxidation of Thioether Moieties and Thiol Click Reactions: A Click-Declick Strategy

In the past decades click chemistries including thiol chemistries have found wide applications in the synthesis of well-defined polymers. In this research, a click-declick strategy based on the oxidation of heteroaromatic thioethers and the substitution reactions between the oxidized groups and thiols, is proposed for the synthesis of the cleavable polymers. In proof-of-concept experiments, block copolymers (BCPs) and star-like polymers are synthesized by thiol-phenylsulfone substitution reactions, and heteroaromatic thioethers are produced at the junction points of the BCP chains or on the crosslinking sites of the star-like polymer. The thioethers can be oxidized to heteroaromatic sulfoxides or sulfones, depending on the oxidization condition. It is demonstrated that both sulfoxides or sulfones can have base catalyzed nucleophilic substitution reactions with thiols, leading to the cleavage of the polymers.     

Green,General and Low-cost Synthesis of Porous Organic Polymers in Sub-kilogram Scale for Catalysis and CO2 Capture

Porous organic polymers (POPs) with high porosity and tunable functionalities have been widely studied for use in gas separation, catalysis, energy conversion and energy storage. However, the high cost of organic monomers, and the use of toxic solvents and high temperatures during synthesis pose obstacles for large-scale production. Herein, we report the synthesis of imine and aminal-linked POPs using inexpensive diamine and dialdehyde monomers in green solvents. Theoretical calculations and control experiments show that using meta-diamines is crucial for forming aminal linkages and branching porous networks from [2+2] polycondensation reactions. The method demonstrates good generality in that 6 POPs were successfully synthesized from different monomers. Additionally, we scaled up the synthesis in ethanol at room temperature, resulting in the production of POPs in sub-kilogram quantities at a relatively low cost. Proof-of-concept studies demonstrate that the POPs can be used as high-performance sorbents for CO₂ separation and as porous substrates for efficient heterogeneous catalysis. This method provides an environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach for large-scale synthesis of various POPs.     

Facile and Efficient Synthesis of Carbosiloxane Dendrimers via Orthogonal Click Chemistry Between Thiol and Ene

A combination of a thiol‐Michael addition reaction and a free radical mediated thiol–ene reaction is employed as a facile and efficient approach to carbosiloxane dendrimer synthesis. For the first time, carbosiloxane dendrimers are constructed rapidly by an orthogonal click strategy without protection/deprotection procedures. The chemoselectivity of these two thiol–ene click reactions leads to a design of a new monomer containing both electron‐deficient carbon–carbon double bonds and unconjugated carbon–carbon double bonds. Siloxane bonds are introduced as the linker between these two kinds of carbon–carbon double bonds. Starting from a bifunctional thiol core, the dendrimers are constructed by iterative thiol–ene click reactions under different but both mild reaction conditions. After simple purification steps the fifth dendrimer with 54 peripheral functional groups is obtained with an excellent overall yield in a single day. Furthermore, a strong blue glow is observed when the dendrimer is excited by a UV lamp.

     

含薄荷基的(甲基)丙烯酸酯类液晶单体及其聚合物的合成

以薄荷醇为手性剂,设计与合成了六种含薄荷基的(甲基)丙烯酯类手性液晶单体(M1～M6),然后再以偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂,将六种单体通过自由基聚合,获得了对应的聚合物(P1～P6),采用FT-IR与1 H-NMR表征了所合成的中间体、单体及其聚合物的化学结构,所获得聚合物的分子量及分布通过了凝胶色谱仪(GPC)的测试分析。此外,采用旋光仪测定了单体与聚合物的旋光度,研究表明:它们均为左旋化合物,其比旋光度绝对值随结构中芳环数或柔性间隔基数的增加而降低,与单体对比,对应聚合物的比旋光度均降低。