Direct iminization of PEEK

Manolakis, I., Cross, P. and Colquhoun, H. (2011) Direct iminization of PEEK. Macromolecules, 44 (19). pp. 7864-7867. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: 10.1021/ma201606q

Abstract/Summary

Semi-crystalline poly(ether ketone)s are important high-temperature engineering thermoplastics, but are difficult to characterize at the molecular level because of their insolubility in conventional organic solvents. Here we report that polymers of this type, including PEEK, react cleanly at high temperatures with low-volatility aralkyl amines to afford stable, noncrystalline poly(ether-imine)s, which are readily soluble in solvents such as chloroform, THF and DMF and so characterizable by conventional size-exclusion chromatography.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/24209
Identification Number/DOI	10.1021/ma201606q
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Publisher	American Chemical Society
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