S. Abed et al., SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSOCIATION OF ACID TERMINATED POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANES .1. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION, Polymer bulletin, 39(3), 1997, pp. 317-324
Benzoic acid terminated polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) have been synthes
ized by hydrosilylation of allyloxybenzylbenzoate with SiH terminated
precursors followed by deprotection. These oligomers have been charact
erized by H-1, C-13 and Si-29 NMR, by FTIR and by SEC in tetrahydrofur
ane. Because of the flexibility and low polarity of the siloxane backb
one, they are ideally suited to study the effect of hydrogen bonding o
n macromolecular properties.