Dithioacetalisation of PEEK: A general technique for the solubilisation and characterisation of semi-crystalline aromatic polyketones

Howard M. Colquhoun, F. P V Paoloni, M. G B Drew, Philip Hodge

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    Abstract

    The family of semi-crystalline, aromatic, high-temperature thermoplastics known as poly(ether-ketone)s are insoluble in conventional organic solvents, but undergo completely general and quantitatively reversible reactions with alkanedithiols in strong acid media, to give soluble poly(dithioacetal)s, which are readily characterisable by GPC and light scattering techniques. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3365-3367
    Number of pages2
    JournalChemical Communications
    Issue number32
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE)
    • MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS
    • CHEMICAL
    • DERIVATIZATION METHOD
    • SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY
    • POLY(ARYLETHERKETONE-CO-SULFONE) HTX
    • CYCLIC OLIGOMERS
    • POLY(OXY-1,3-PHENYLENECARBONYL-1,4-PHENYLENE)
    • POLY(ARYL-ETHER-ETHER-KETONE)
    • POLYMERIZATION
    • ACID

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