Issue 12, 2020

Synthesis, characterization, and properties of a novel aromatic ester-based polybenzoxazine

Abstract

Polybenzoxazines with molecular design flexibility have excellent properties by using suitable raw materials. A new benzoxazine monomer terephthalic acid bis-[2-(6-methyl-4H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-3-yl)]ethyl ester (TMBE) with bis-ester groups has been synthesized from the simple esterification reaction of terephthaloyl chloride and 2-(6-methyl-4H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-3-yl)-ethanol (MB-OH). The chemical structure of TMBE was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR). Polymerization behavior of TMBE was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and FT-IR after each cure stage. The cross-linked polybenzoxazine (PTMBE) gave a transparent film through the thermal casting method. The dynamic mechanical analysis of PTMBE showed that the Tg was 110 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis reveals better thermal stability as evidenced by the 5% and 10% weight-loss temperatures (Td5 and Td10) of PTMBE, which were 263 and 289 °C, respectively, with a char yield of 27% at 800 °C. The tensile test of the film revealed that the elongation at break was up to 14.2%.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, characterization, and properties of a novel aromatic ester-based polybenzoxazine

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Dec 2019
Accepted
16 Jan 2020
First published
20 Feb 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 6953-6959

Synthesis, characterization, and properties of a novel aromatic ester-based polybenzoxazine

C. Zhu, X. Gao, W. Fan and X. Fu, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 6953 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10191H

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