Ershova Tatyana O, Anisimov Anton A, Temnikov Maxim N, Novikov Maxim A, Buzin Mikhail I, Nikiforova Galina G, Dyuzhikova Yulia S, Ushakov Ivan E, Shchegolikhina Olga I, Muzafarov Aziz M
A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky Pr., 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Dec 18;13(24):4452. doi: 10.3390/polym13244452.
A versatile equilibrium method for synthesizing ladder-like polyphenylsilsesquioxanes (L-PPSQs) with various molecular weights (from 4 to 500 kDa) in liquid ammonia was developed. The effect of diverse parameters, such as temperature, monomer concentration, reaction time, addition or removal of water from the reaction medium, on the polycondensation process was determined. The molecular weight characteristics and structure of the L-PPSQ elements obtained were determined by GPC, H, Si NMR, IR spectroscopy, viscometry, and PXRD methods. The physicochemical properties of L-PPSQs were determined by TGA and mechanical analyses.