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- Title
Copolymerization of diglycidylether of bisphenol A and bicyclic bis(γ-lactone)s using rare earth metal triflates as initiators studied with infrared spectroscopy.
- Authors
Arasa, Mercé; Ramis, Xavier; Salla, Josep Maria; Mantecón, Ana; Serra, Angels
- Abstract
The thermal cationic curing of mixtures, in various proportions, of diglycidylether of bisphenol A with two substituted condensed bis(γ-lactone)s initiated using scandium, ytterbium and lanthanum triflates or a conventional boron trifluoride monoethylamine (BF3·MEA) initiator was investigated. The evolution of the various reactive groups was followed by means of attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The formation of mono-spiroorthoesters (monoSOE)s and bis-spiroorthoesters (bisSOE)s is discussed. The polymerization of bisSOE structures led to the formation of ether-ester-ketone repeat units, which implied the cationic polymerization took place by a tandem reaction. The use of scandium triflate as an initiator led to the highest chemical incorporation of lactone in the network. Moreover, this initiator was the most active, incorporating a higher proportion of lactone in a shorter time. In contrast, the conventional BF3·MEA initiator incorporated the lowest proportion of bislactone in the cured material. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry
- Subjects
ADDITION polymerization; RARE earth metals; EPOXY resins; BISPHENOL A; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; POLYMERIZATION
- Publication
Polymer International, 2010, Vol 59, Issue 8, p1039
- ISSN
0959-8103
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pi.2821