| Abstract: | This communication describes the direct polycondensation of carbon dioxide with p- and m-xylylene glycols using the system trisubstituted phosphine/carbon tetrahalide/base as a condensing agent. The polymerization reaction of carbon dioxide with p-xylylene glycol was carried out in the presence of the condensing agent in N,N-dimethylformamide. The yield was at most 81.0% obtained by using the condensing agent tributylphosphine/carbon tetrabromide/N-cyclohexyl-N′,N′,N″,N″-tetramethylguanidine (CyTMG). The structure of the product was determined by means of 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and IR spectroscopy to be that of a polycarbonate. The molecular weight was estimated to be ca. 1 000–2 000 by 1H NMR analyses. |
