The rich chemistry of polybenzoxazines allows a wide range of molecular structure design by using appropriate starting materials. A new class of polybenzoxazines has been developed from benzoxazine monomers containing pendent long aliphatic chains. The monomers have been synthesized by the reaction of phenol or bisphenol A with two different long-chain aliphatic amines. The chemical structure of the monomers was confirmed by 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The polymerization behavior of the monomers studied by differential scanning calorimetry shows exothermic peaks due to the ring-opening polymerization of benzoxazine monomers centered at 247-255 • C. Dynamic mechanical analysis indicated that the glass transition temperatures T g were in the range 81-92 • C. The thermal stability of the polymers was also examined by thermogravimetric analysis, demonstrating that the weight loss temperatures decreased in comparison with that of traditional polybenzoxazine.
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