Synthesis of Polyphenylene Thioethers Through Cationic Oxidative Polymerization |
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| Authors: | Eishun Tsuchida Kimihisa Yamamoto Mitsutoshi Jikei Eiichi Shouji Hiroyuki Nishide |
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| Institution: | Department of Polymer Chemistry , Waseda University , Tokyo, 169, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Polyaromatic sulfides are efficiently and conveniently prepared by cationic oxidative polymerization. Diphenyl disulfides are quantitatively polymerized to yield poly(p-phenylene sulfide)s as white powders whose structure predominately contains 1,4-phenylene sul-fide bonds. The disulfides are oxidized to phenylbis(phenylthio) sulfonium cations as active species of the polymerization. Repeating the oxidation and electrophilic reaction of the cation to the p-position of disulfides yields the polymer. |
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