Two new fluorinated diamine-based benzoxazines using octafluorocyclopentene (OFCP) as a building block have been developed. Monomers were synthesized via two distinct synthetic procedures utilizing the facile nucleophilic addition−elimination reaction of OFCP with phenols amenable to a multigram scale-up. The structure elucidation of both monomers was confirmed by 1 H, 19 F, and 13 C NMR, ATR-FTIR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Benzoxazine networks were prepared by a thermally mediated ring-opening polymerization. ATR-FTIR analysis was utilized to monitor the ring-opening reaction of the monomers. The resulting two cured resins exhibit the combined excellent properties of low dielectric constants (k = 3.2−2.6), excellent thermal stability, and high char yields which are suitable for many applications such as flame-resistant materials as well as aerospace and microelectronic industries.

New thermally cross-linkable and/or post-functionalizable perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) polymers containing Meldrum's acid moieties have been successfully prepared via the thermal cyclopolymerization of a new Meldrum's acid functionalized aromatic trifluorovinyl ether (TFVE) monomer.

Transparent, film-forming fluorinated arylene vinylene ether (FAVE) polymers with enchained triarylamine (TAA) moieties were prepared and characterized. Control over fluoro-olefin content within the backbone, as a function of base, was confirmed and postpolymerization dehydrofluorination was shown to increase fluoroolefin content from 5 to 31 mol %. Thermal cross-linking was found to occur approximately 100 °C lower than in traditional FAVE polymers (ca. 160 °C). Electrochemical analysis demonstrated the enchained TAA retained its established electrochemical character. The latent reactivity of the TAA was explored via electrophilic aromatic substitution and formylation reactions toward precise functionalization for specific electro-optic applications and others.