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Synthesis of poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s bearing oligo-ethylene glycols and their gas permeation properties

Polymer Bulletin, ISSN: 0170-0839, Vol: 67, Issue: 4, Page: 583-592
2011
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1,4-Diiodobenzenes bearing oligo-ethylene glycols [IRCH IR, R = OCHCHOCH (1a), O(CH CHO)CH (1b), O(CH CHO)CH (1c)] were polymerized with 1,4-diethynylbenzene in the presence of Pd/Cu catalyst to afford poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s bearing oligo-ethylene glycols (2a-c), respectively. Polymer 2a was insoluble in any solvents, but the other polymers (2b, 2c) were soluble in CHCl. The weight-average molecular weights of 2b and 2c were 5.4 × 10 and 9.6 × 10, respectively, and they gave free-standing membranes by solution-casting method. The densities of membranes of 2b and 2c were 1.26 and 1.22 g/cm, respectively, and their carbon dioxide permeability coefficients were 12.9 and 13.5 barrers, respectively. The CO/N separation factor of membrane of 2b was as large as 33.7. Membrane of 3b, which contains triethylene glycols, exhibited higher CO permselectivity, and the CO/N separation factor was 50.0. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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