Abstract
A method to covalently attach combinations of six different B vitamins provided an avenue to new functional thermosets without multi-step coupling reactions. The melt polymerization strategy required no organic solvent and facilitated covalent attachment of OH (B1, B2, B5, B6) or COOH (B7, B9) groups on B vitamins via Fischer esterification. Characterization of model reactions with LC/MS, FTIR, and GPC confirmed covalent attachment. Based on control experiments, B vitamins demonstrated unexpected thermal stability and appreciable solubility in the melt polymerization. This approach was demonstrated with citric acid and diglycerol, but has wide-ranging potential for other polar monomers with negative octanol–water partition coefficients (LogP).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3308-3316 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
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