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High chemical and solvent resistant, branched terpene methacrylate polymers—Preparation, thermal properties, and decomposition mechanism
Author(s) -
Worzakowska Marta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.4253
Subject(s) - methacrylate , nerol , polymer , materials science , citronellol , organic chemistry , solvent , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymerization , thermal decomposition , terpene , monomer , polymer chemistry , geraniol , chemical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , essential oil , engineering
Branched terpene methacrylate polymers under UV‐polymerization process of methacrylates prepared based on naturally occurring terpene alcohols such as geraniol, nerol, and citronellol have been obtained. Amine catalysed reaction of geraniol, nerol, or citronellol with methacryloyl chloride allowed obtaining terpene methacrylate monomers with high yield. Their structure was confirmed by spectroscopic methods ( 1 HNMR, 13 CNMR, ATR‐FTIR). The structure of the resulting polymers was evaluated by applying the 13 C/CP MAS and ATR‐FTIR. The chosen physicochemical properties such as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, and thermal properties in inert and oxidative atmospheres have been studied. In addition, the detailed pyrolysis and oxidative degradation mechanism by applying the TG/DSC/FTIR/QMS‐coupled method was evaluated. The results indicated the potential application of novel, branched terpene methacrylate polymers for manufacturing products which could be utilized under corrosive conditions, due to their high resistance in both acidic and basic environments and different polarity solvents, as well as satisfactory thermal resistance.