G. Fantin et al., FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLY(ORGANOPHOSPHAZENES) .3. SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHAZENE MATERIALS CONTAINING CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE-BONDS AND EPOXIDE GROUPS, European Polymer Journal, 29(12), 1993, pp. 1571-1579
The chemical modification of hydroxylic group-containing cyclo- and po
ly-phosphazenes to introduce ethylenic and epoxide functionalities is
reported. Thus, hexakis(4-hydroxyphenoxy)cyclophosphazene and poly[bis
(4-hydroxyphenoxy)phosphazene] were reacted with carboxylic acids, acy
l chlorides and alpha-bromo-methylene derivatives containing carbon-ca
rbon double bonds, in the presence of bases or suitable condensing age
nts, to give unsaturated phosphazenes. These substrates were epoxidize
d successively under mild experimental conditions by reaction with m-c
hloroperbenzoic acid to produce epoxide-containing phosphazene materia
ls. Possible practical exploitation of these new derivatives is discus
sed.