화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.42, No.5, 497-503, 1999
Hydrogen-bonded polymer complexes of macrocycles containing a pyridyl moiety and carboxyl-functionalized polystyrenes - An approach to H-bonded rotaxanes
Copolystyrenes complexed with macrocyclic compounds through hydrogen bonding have been synthesized by the copolymerization of styrene with the complex of 4-vinylbenzoic acid and crown ethers containing a 2,6-pyridyl moiety. The glass transition temperatures of the copolymeric complexes are significantly lower than that of the simple copolymer, which shows that the carboxylic acid groups in the polymer backbone do not intermolecularly dimerize. The UV absorption spectra of polymeric complexes suggest that they have complex structures similar to that of the low-molecular-weight complexes of 4-ethylbenzoic acid and the crown ethers.