Lin Y, Dong J, Sakaguchi T, Hashimoto T. Development of highly gas-permeable polymers by metathesis copolymerization of 1-(
p-trimethylsilyl)phenyl-1-propyne with
tert-butyl and silyl group-containing diphenylacetylenes.
RSC Adv 2021;
11:32419-32424. [PMID:
35495503 PMCID:
PMC9041918 DOI:
10.1039/d1ra06363d]
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Abstract
The development of highly gas-permeable membranes is required for gas separation applications. In this study, 1-(p-trimethylsilyl)phenyl-1-propyne (SPP) was copolymerized with diphenylacetylenes bearing tert-butyl (BDPA) and SiMe3 (SDPA) groups at various feed ratios to obtain poly(SPP-co-BDPA) and poly(SPP-co-SDPA) copolymers, respectively. Free-standing membranes were fabricated from toluene solutions of the copolymers, the gas permeability of which increased as the SPP ratio decreased (PO2: 550–2100 barrers). Interestingly, poly(SPP-co-BDPA) and poly(SPP-co-SDPA) at a 1 : 4 ratio of SPP:BDPA and SPP:SDPA, respectively, showed higher permeabilities than the respective homopolymers. Desilylation of the poly(SPP-co-BDPA) membrane increased the gas permeability, whereas desilylation of the poly(SPP-co-SDPA) membrane had the opposite result.
Metathesis copolymerization of 1-(p-trimethylsilyl)phenyl-1-propyne with diphenylacetylenes was achieved and the gas permeability of polymer membranes was improved by the incorporation of 20% phenylpropyne unit.![]()
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