Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.56, No.7, 783-788, 2018
Radical polyaddition of difunctional vinyloxirane with thiols for synthesis of linear and networked polysulfides
Radical ring-opening polyaddition of bifunctional vinyloxirane with multifunctional thiols was investigated. The polyaddition proceeded smoothly via the ring-opening reaction of the oxirane moiety to afford the corresponding networked polymers bearing vinyl ether and sulfide moieties in the main chain. The thermal properties of the networked polymers and volume changes upon the polyaddition were investigated. (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018, 56, 783-788
Keywords:multifunctional thiol;networked polysulfide;radical ring-opening polyaddition;vinyloxirane;volume change