NOVEL ELECTROSYNTHESIS OF POLY(CYCLO-ORGANOPHASPHAZENES)

A new polymerization process for the synthesis of cyclomatrix polymers directly from the hexachlorocyclophosphazene trimer, (NPCl2)(3), at a n electrode surface is described. This electrochemical process is gove rned by the reductive coupling of an electrochemically generated react ive species from p-benzoquinone to the (NPCl2)(3) through a nucleophil ic replacement of chlorine. Based on the results of elemental analysis , infrared spectroscopy, and Auger electron spectroscopy the molecular structure of the synthesized polymer has been inferred. The unique po lymerization route makes this process viable for in situ synthesis of materials having a wide range of important physical and chemical prope rties.