PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLY(ARYLAMINE SULFONES) AND POLY(ARYL ETHER SULFONES) CARRYING THE C61 FULLEROID PENDANT GROUP

This study described the synthesis of soluble polymers carrying fuller oid pendant groups. The starting monomer 4,4'-difluorodiphenyl fullero id (FPh)2C61 was synthesized and polycondensed with aromatic diamine s ulfone to give poly(4,4'-diphenyl-C61 amines) or with aromatic dialcoh ol sulfone to give poly(4,4'-diphenyl-C61 ethers). Polycondensation wa s carried out in different solvents with and without catalyst. Soluble polymers having an average molecular weight in the range M(w) = (5-20 ) x 10(3) were obtained. Molecular structural characterization of mono mer and of fullerene moiety in the polymers was achieved by NMR, infra red, and UV-visible spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, and thermal ana lysis.