Synthesis and characterization of original alternated fluorinated copolymers bearing glycidyl carbonate side groups |
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Authors: | Ali Alaaeddine Frédéric Boschet Bruno Ameduri Bernard Boutevin |
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Affiliation: | Institut Charles Gerhardt, Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires, UMR CNRS 5253, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8 Rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier, France |
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Abstract: | A vinyl ether bearing a carbonate side group (2‐oxo‐1,3‐dioxolan‐4‐yl‐methyl vinyl ether, GCVE) was synthesized and copolymerized with various commercially available fluoroolefins chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), hexafluoropropylene (HFP), and perfluoromethyl vinyl ether (PMVE)] by radical copolymerization initiated by tert‐butyl peroxypivalate. Although HFP, PMVE, and vinyl ether do not homopolymerize under radical conditions, they copolymerized easily yielding alternating poly(GCVE‐alt‐F‐alkene) copolymers. These alternating structures were confirmed by elemental analysis as well as 1H, 19F, and 13C NMR spectroscopy. All copolymers were obtained in good yield (73–85%), with molecular weights ranging from 3900 to 4600 g mol?1 and polydispersities below 2.0. Their thermogravimetric analyses under air showed decomposition temperatures at 10% weight loss (Td,10%) in the 284–330°C range. The HFP‐based copolymer exhibited a better thermal stability than those based on CTFE and PMVE. The glass transition temperatures were in the 15–65°C range. These original copolymers may find potential interest as polymer electrolytes in lithium ions batteries. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012 |
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Keywords: | acceptor– donor copolymerization carbonate chlorotrifluoroethylene fluoropolymer heteroatom‐containing polymers heteroatom‐containing polymers hexafluoropropylene nuclear magnetic resonance perfluorovinyl methyl ether poly(vinyl ethers) radical polymerization thermal properties vinyl ethers |
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