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Synthesis and characterization of new fluorinated aromatic polyesters containing trifluoromethylphenoxy pendant groups
Author(s) -
Huang ZhenZhong,
Pei XueLiang,
Wu Ting,
Sheng ShouRi,
Lin ShuYing,
Song CaiSheng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.32809
Subject(s) - polyester , materials science , polymer chemistry , dichloromethane , tetrahydrofuran , glass transition , thermal stability , chloroform , solvent , polymer , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry
A series of novel fluorinated aromatic polyesters containing trifluoromethylphenoxy pendant groups was synthesized by interfacial polycondensation of 2‐(4‐trifluoromethylphenoxy)terephthalyl chloride with various bisphenols in dichloromethane. The polyesters obtained in good yields had weight‐average molecular weights of 70,600–29,800 g/mol, polydispersities of 1.81–2.08, and were all amorphous. All polyesters were easily soluble in organic solvents such as N,N ‐dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, o ‐chlorophenol, pyridine, and dichloromethane. These fluorinated polyesters showed glass transition temperature of 133–210°C, and good thermal stability with almost no weight loss up to 378°C, the 10% weight loss temperature of 472–523°C as well as char yield of 32–63% at 600°C in nitrogen. These polyester films cast from chloroform solutions exhibited tensile strengths ranging from 102 to 126 MPa, elongation at break from 6.3% to 11.7%, and tensile moduli from 2.1 to 3.3 GPa. The resulting polyester films also displayed low dielectric constants between 2.18 and 2.49 (1 MHz), high transparency with an ultraviolet‐visible absorption cut‐off wavelengths in the 332–355 nm range, and excellent electric strengths (50.4–65.6 kV/mm) and volume resistivity (2.51–6.03 × 10 16 Ω cm). © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011