Siloxane ladder polymers

Siloxane-ladder polymers have been known for some time. 

Figure 9-19. A universal gel-permeation chromatography calibration curve obtained from measurements on linear poly(styrene) (O), comb-branched poly(styrene) (O ), star-branched poly(styrene) ( ), poly(methyl methacrylate) ( ), poly(vinyl chloride) (a) c -l,4-poly-(butadiene) (A), poly(styrene)-poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymer (Qj ), random copolymer from styrene and methyl methacrylate O), and ladder polymers of poly(phenyl siloxanes) ( ) (according to Z. Grubisic, P. Rempp, and H. Benoit).

Polytitanosiloxanes were prepared in one stage by simultaneous controlled cocondensation of Si(OEt)4 and Ti(OPr )2(acac)2. A ladder polymer containing Si-0-Si and Si-O-Ti imits is formed. Their ratio depends on the conditions. This ratio determines the time to gel formation and if fiber ceramics can form upon annealing of the material (500-900°C). The structures, growth mechanism and the properties of siloxane composites containing the silicon, titanimn and mixed titanium-silicon phases have been thoroughly reviewed. ... 

These include inorganic and quasi-inorganic polymers, double-strand (ladder) polymers, siloxanes and silicones, and oligomers and telomers. A comprehensive review of structure-based and source-based representations for these types of polymers has been published (40). 

Scheme 37 m-CPBA oxidation of ladder polysilanes to hybrid silane/siloxane polymers (substituents /-Pr). 

Upon electron impact of different energy, oligoforganylsilsesquioxanes) may polymerize with either abstraction of hydrocarbon radicals (C—C bond rupture) and formation of ladder-type molecules cross-linked by alkylene bridges or cleavage of siloxane bonds and formation of polymers of irregular structure... 

Timofeeva, T. V., I. L. Dubchak, V. G. Dashevsky, and Y. T. Struchkov (1984). Flexibility of siloxane rings and rigidity of ladder-like siloxane polymers interpretation on the basis of atom-atom potential functions. Polyhedron 3, 1109-19. 

Atomic Structure. The control of atomic structure is fundamental to any system, and an incomplete understanding of atomic structure can limit advancement. For example, our understanding of preceramic polymers, up through the formation of networks, is improving but the full exploitation of this chemistry is still limited by the lack of detailed knowledge of the structure of the resulting ceramic at the atomic level. Even with more familiar silicone polymer systems, synthetic barriers are encountered as polymers other than poly(dimethylsiloxane) are used. Stereochemical control is inadequate in the polymerization of unsymmetrical cyclic siloxanes to yield novel linear materials. Reliable synthetic routes to model ladder systems are insufficient. 

Synthetic polymers in general can be classified (1) by thermal behavior, i.e., thermoplastic and thermosetting (2) by chemical nature, i.e., amino, alkyd, acrylic, vinyl, phenolic, cellulosic, epoxy, urethane, siloxane, etc. and (3) by molecular structure, i.e., atactic, stereospecific, linear, cross-linked, block, graft, ladder, etc. Copolymers are products made by combining two or more polymers in one reaction (styrene-butadiene). See cross-linking block polymer epitaxy homopolymer plastics. 

However the realization of cis-isotactic structure is associated with several steric hindrances and characterized by a short length of the molecules. During the tetrole polycondensation without initiator of the basis type, which allows the obtaining of the polymer without break of siloxane bond in the organocyclosiloxane, the conditions of synthesis ensures the perfect cyclolinear ladder structure and the macromolecules with the Kuhn segment with length about 50 A are formatted. 

In this regard, crystallization is very important in the case of elastomers, since crystallites can act as reinforcing agents, particularly if they are strain induced. For this reason, it is of interest to make siloxane-type backbones with increased stiffness, in an attempt to increase the Tm of the polymer. Examples of ways to make a polymer more rigid is to combine two chains into a ladder structure, insert rigid units such as p-phenylene groups into the chain backbone, or add bulky side groups to the backbone. 

It is well known that the useful properties of siloxanes stem from the nature of the siloxane bond (93), the structural characteristics of the polymer, the synthetic control over molecular weight and polydispersity, and the character of the framing groups (R). Polysiloxanes are presently available commercially as linear chains (93), rings, ladders, and three-dimensional networks (e.g., polyhedral oligomeric... 

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