Polymer modification and synthesis using sulfenyl derivatives, 11. New polymers from oxidation of adducts of benzene‐ and toluenesulfenyl chlorides with cis‐1,4‐polybutadiene

Abstract

Adducts of cis-1,4-poIybutadiene with both benzene-and toluenesulfenyl chlorides were conveniently oxidised in a second stage modification with m-chloroperbenzoic acid to yield novel sulfone thermoplastic polymers. These have higher glass transition temperatures and are more thermostable than the parent adducts.