The influence of the chemical structure of rigid star‐shaped multipodes composed of an adamantane central core and short rigid branches on the glass formation and crystallisation is analysed. It was found that esters of 1,3,5,7‐adamantanetetracarboxylic acid with various phenols (3a–c) and esters of 1,3,5,7‐tetrahydroxyadamantane with various benzoic acid derivatives (4a–c) display both crystalline and glassy states with high glass transition temperatures and melting temperatures. These quantities strongly depend on the restriction of the rotational motions about the ester groups connecting the core and the branches.
Das um 1920 von Hermann Staudinger geprägte Wort “Makromolekül” hat eine lange Vorgeschichte: Ausgehend von dem auf Berzelius zurückgehenden Begriff der Polymerie und der Entwicklung der organischen Chemie im 19. Jahrhundert sowie der Kolloidlehre (Thomas Graham) und der Micellartheorie (Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli) entstanden erst anfangs des 20. Jahrhunderts experimentell gesicherte Vorstellungen über Größe und Bau natürlicher und synthetischer Polymerer. Sie gipfeln in der inzwischen allgemein akzeptierten Erkenntnis, dass synthetische makromolekulare Stoffe aus Gemischen von polymerhomologen Molekülen mit hauptvalenzmäßiger Verknüpfung der sie bildenden Atome bestehen.
Mono-and bifunctional monomers with 2,3-dihydrofuran moieties were synthesized by Heck-reaction of 2,5-dihydrofuran with various aryliodides. The bifunctional monomers contained either rigid phenyl and biphenyl or exible ether linkages. The synthesized monomers were polymerized by photoinduced cationic polymerization by using triphenylsulphonium-hexa uorophosphate as the photoacid generator. Depending upon the type of monomers used, soluble polymers and insoluble networks were readily formed. The thermal properties of the polymers were studied via Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Scanning Thermal Analysis (STA).
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