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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE This article was downloaded by: [2007-2008-2009 Inha University] On: 21 January 2009 Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 907465183] Publisher Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597274 Photocurable System of Polythiol and Polyphosphazene-Containing Allyl Groups Kwang-Duk Ahn a ; Un Young Kim a ; Chul Hee Kim a a Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea Online Publication Date: 01 February 1986 To cite this Article Ahn, Kwang-Duk, Kim, Un Young and Kim, Chul Hee(1986)'Photocurable System of Polythiol and Polyphosphazene-Containing Allyl Groups',Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A,23:2,169 — 180 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00222338608063385 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222338608063385 Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.

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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE

This article was downloaded by: [2007-2008-2009 Inha University]On: 21 January 2009Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 907465183]Publisher Taylor & FrancisInforma Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House,37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part APublication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information:http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597274

Photocurable System of Polythiol and Polyphosphazene-Containing AllylGroupsKwang-Duk Ahn a; Un Young Kim a; Chul Hee Kim a

a Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

Online Publication Date: 01 February 1986

To cite this Article Ahn, Kwang-Duk, Kim, Un Young and Kim, Chul Hee(1986)'Photocurable System of Polythiol andPolyphosphazene-Containing Allyl Groups',Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A,23:2,169 — 180

To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00222338608063385

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222338608063385

Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf

This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial orsystematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply ordistribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.

The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contentswill be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug dosesshould be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss,actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directlyor indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.

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J. MACROMOL. SCL-CHEM., A23 (2), pp. 169- 180 ( 1986)

Photocurable System of Polythiol and Polyphosphazene-Containing Ally1 Groups

KWANG-DUK AHN, UN YOUNG KIM, and CHUL HEE KIM

Polymer Synthesis Laboratory Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Cheongyang 131, Seoul, Korea

A B S T R A C T

To investigate their applicabilities as photocurable formulations, photochemical reactions of poly (allylaminophosphazenes) with polythiols of ethylene glycol dimercaptoacetate o r trimethylol- propane t r i ( 3-mercaptopropionate) were carried out in the pres- ence of photoinitiators. A s a model reaction, hexaallylaminocyclo- triphosphazene (11) was reacted with polythiols, and the thermal properties were investigated. Benzoin alkyl ethers were employed as photoinitiators; in particular, benzoin methyl ether (BME) gave better results in photoreactions. Trimethylolpropane t r i ( 3-mer- captopropionate) was more effective than ethylene glycol dimercap- toacetate in photocrosslinking, The photoreactive system of poly- phosphazene containing ally1 groups/BME photoinitiator/polythiol w a s found to be an efficient photocurable system.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

The hydrolytic instability of poly (dichlorophosphazene ), which i s prepared by thermal polymerization of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene, can be overcome by substitution of chlorine by various nucleophiles. Such poly (organophosphazenes) show a number of unusual properties

169 Copyright 0 1986 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. 0022-233X/86/2302-016933.50/0

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lacking in common organic polymers [ 1-41 , such as low-temperature flexibility, high stability to visible and ultraviolet radiation, resistance to solvents, and thermal stability. The properties of poly( organophos- phazenes) can be modified by changing substituents. Thus, photosensi- tive phosphazene polymers can be prepared by the incorporation of photosensitive substituents on the phosphorous-nitrogen backbone.

The polythiol-polyene photocurable system is known to be indus- tr ially applicable fo r i t s ability to give excellent physical properties when cured together with extremely fast cu re rates. Usually, the polyenes used contained allylic groups, and the polythiols were esters of thiol-containing acids. It was claimed that the significant advantage of the thiol-allylic photopolymer systems is that the presence of air has little effect on cu re r a t e s and the surface cure shows no tackiness due to oxygen inhibition a t the surface [ 51. The addition of thiols to carbon-carbon double bonds to form thioethers can occur through a free-radical mechanism, and eventually i t crosslinks the polymer sys- tem by ultraviolet irradiation [6]. The free-radical process can be initiated by various photoinitiators. In that system, benzoin ether compounds were known to be more efficient than aromatic carbonyl compounds, such as benzophenone derivatives.

allylphosphazene polymer systems. Allylamino groups were attached to the phosphazene backbone to make the allylphosphazene polymers in which n-butylamino o r piperidino substituents were also incorporated to improve flexibility and solubility. Hexaallylaminocyclotriphospha- zene was also prepared for the model reaction study. The photochemi- cal reaction and the thermal degradation of the model compound and copolymer systems were studied.

In the present study we have tried to prepare photocurable polythiol-

E X P E R I M E N T A L

M a t e r i a l s a n d I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n

Reagent-grade chemicals were purified by conventional methods. Hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (phosphonitric chloride t r i m e r ) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co. and Tokyo Kasei (Japan) and was purified by sublimation, followed by recrystallization in n-hep- tane, to give a melting point of 113°C. Tokyo Kasei’s reagent usually gave a better yield in preparation of the precursor polydichlorophos- phazene. Two polythiol compounds, ethylene glycol dimercaptoacetate (DSH) and trimethylolpropane t r i ( 3-mercaptopropionate) (TSH), were kindly donated by Evans Chemetics, W. R. Grace & Co., and used without fur ther purification.

Infrared spectra were taken on a JASCO Model A- 102 spectrophotom- eter. Proton NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian Model T-60A referenced to TMS, and ‘P-NMR spectra were obtained on a Varian Model FT-80A spectrometer in ppm with 85% H PO as reference. 3 4

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PHOTOCURABLE SYSTEM 171

Solution viscosities of polymers were measured a t 25 i 0.1"C with a Cannon-Ubbelohde capillary viscometer. Thermogravimetric analysis of polymer samples was carr ied out on a Du Pont Model 951 TGA a t a heating rate of 10"C/min under nitrogen flow. Melting temperatures of polymer samples were measured with a Du Pont Model 951 DSC at a heating rate of 10"C/min. All measured temperatures were uncor- rected, and melting points were measured with an electrothermal capillary melting point apparatus of Electrothermal Engineering Ltd.

P r e p a r a t i o n - of P h o s p h a z e n e - --___ P o l y m e r s

He x a a l l y l a m i n o c y c 1 o t r i p h o s p h a z e n e , 11. The com- --I- ~ - -

pourd was prepared following the modified method of Allcock [7]. A solution of 2.00 g ( 5.8 mmol) hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene, I, in 20 mL THF w a s added to a solution of 3.90 g ( 68.0 mmol) allylamine and 7.00 g (69.0 mmol) triethylamine in 50 mL THF. The mixture w a s reacted a t 40°C for 24 h. Filtration of triethylamine hydrochloride was followed by the evaporation of the solvent. The crude product was recrystallized from ethyl acetate to yield 1.77 g ( 65.0%) of colorless crystals 11, mp 94-95°C (Ref. 7: 90-91°C); 'H-NMR (CDC13), 5.90 (m,

l H ) , 5.13 (m, 2H), 3.56 (broad s, 2H, -CH2-), 2.46 (broad s , l H , -NH-)

31P-NMR (CDC13) (85% H3P04 solution as reference), 17.65 ppm (only one peak).

P o l y ( d i c h l o r o p h o s p h a z e n e ) , 111. Soluble poly(dich1oro- phosphazene), the precursor polymer, w a s prepared by thermal reac- tion in bulk according to a known procedure [8]. In an ampule, 6.00 g of purified hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene ( mp 113 "C) was placed. Then i t was degassed by a repeated freeze-thaw technique under nitro- gen and evacuation. The ampule was sealed and heated to 250°C for 24 h to give a transparent immobile product. Uncrosslinked, soluble poly(dich1orophosphazene) was obtained in a yield of 2.70 g (45%) by DreciDitating a benzene solution of the Droduct into excess n-heDtane. - P o l y b i s (allylarnino)phosp6azenel.,) -_____- IV. A solution of 2.5Fgd*1=6-m mmol of -N=PC12- unit poly (dichlorophos-

phazene) in 60 mL benzene was added dropwise to a solution of 4.92 g (86.2 mmol) allylamine and 8.72 g (86.2 mmol) triethylamine in 60 mL benzene. The mixture was reacted at 40°C for 48 h and the result- ing triethylamine hydrochloride was filtered off. After precipitation of the polymer solution into ethanol-water ( 1: 1 by volume), the product was washed with ethanol and dried. White fibrous polymer IV was ob- tained in a yield of 2.21 g (65.2%), and the polymer was soluble only in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. A characteristic absorption band due to P=N stretching appeared between 1300 and 1100 cm-'. Absorption bands of the ailylamino group were noted a t 910, 990, 1190, 1640, 3080, and 3250 cm-'.

P o l y ( a l l y l a m i n o p i p e r i d i n o p h o s p h a z e n e ) , ---- V. A solu- tion of 2.32 g (equivalent to 20.0 mmol of -N=PC12- unit) poly(dich1o-

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rophosphazene) in 60 mL benzene was added to a solution of 0.91 g (16.0 mmol) allylamine, 2.04 g (24.0 mmol) piperidine, and 4.05 g (40.0 mmol) triethylamine in 40 mL benzene. The solution was re- acted a t 60°C for 48 h. Af te r filtration of triethylamine hydrochlo- ride, polymer V was precipitated into ethanol-water ( 1: 1 by volume) and washed with ethanol. The yield w a s 2.08 g ( 62.5%). Polymer V was a film-forming material, soluble in toluene, benzene, and tetra- hydrofuran. IR absorption bands appeared at 910, 990, 1640, 3080, and 3250 cm-: due to the allylamino groups, and a t 950, 1060, 1120, and 1180 cm- for the piperidino groups. The composition of allylamino side chains was determined by an NMR spectrum in CDC13: 6 (ppm) 5.0-6.2 (broad m, CH2=CH-), 2.8-4.0 (broad m, -CH2-NH-, -CH -N-CH - in piperidine) 1.7 (broad m, 6 methylene protons of

2 1 2 piperidino group).

m e r - G r Z p a r e d by the same method as polymer V, Allylamine and butylamine were reacted in a molar ratio of 2:3. Polymer VI was obtained in 56.0% yield and was soluble only in 2,2,2-trifluoro- ethanol. IR absorption bands of allylic double bonds appeared at 910, 990, 1640, and 3080 em-', and of n-butylamino at 1190, 1250, 2950, and 3300 cm-'.

P o l y ( a l l y l a m i n o b u t y l a m i n o p h o s p h a z e n e ) , V I . Poly-

P o l y b i s (piperidino)phosphaze ne] , V I I , a n d P o ~ b & b \ ~ a k ~ ~ ~ o ~ a ~ e 1 , V I I I . Polymer VII and VIII were o ~ e ~ l ~ w ~ n ~ h ~ - @ o c e d u r e of Allcock with 59.0 and 48.0% yield, respectively @, lo]. Polymer VII was soluble in toluene, benzene, and THF, but polymer VIII was soluble only in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol.

P h o t o r e a c t i o n

Photochemical reactions were carr ied out by using a photochemi- cal reaction apparatus of Ace Glass Inc. A Hanovia (high-pressure) mercury lamp (450 W ) was employed as a light source, and the dis- tance between the lamp and a reactant sample w a s 20 cm, where the light intensity was 5.0 mW/cm". The reactant was in the form of solu- tion in a Pyrex test tube o r a thin film coated on a glass plate.

I-- z e i ' T e 7 , - w i t h P o 1 y t h i o 1 s . phosphazene compounds and thiols, the concentrations of the thiol com- pounds were adjusted to be equivalent to those of the allylamino groups of the reacting phosphazene compounds. In a 10-mL Pyrex test tube, 200 mg (0.425 mmol) 11, 340 mg (0.850 mmol) TSH, and 16 mg (3.0 wt% of other components) of benzoin methyl ether were dissoIved in 5.0 mL toluene. The solution was irradiated with UV light for 15 min to give a white precipitate. The precipitate was extracted with meth- anol in a Soxhlet extractor for 15 h to yield insoluble crosslinked polymers (530 mg, 95%). Under the same conditions, the photoreac-

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tion of a solution of 11, DSH, and benzoin methyl ether in toluene gave no appreciable precipitate.

P h o t o r e a c t i o n of P o l y ----- ( a l l y l a m i n o p i p e r i d i n o p h o s - p h a z e n e ) , V , w i t h P o l y t h i o l s i n S o l u t i o n . In a Pyrex tube, a solution of 200 mg V, 112 %xOr281mmor)THS, and 9.3 mg (3.0 wt% of other components) of benzoin methyl ether in 5.0 mL toluene was irradiated for 20 min. The gel obtained was extracted with methanol in a Soxhlet extractor for 15 h to yield 257 mg (80%) of white crosslinked polymers. With DSH, under the same reaction conditions, insoluble polymers were obtained in somewhat lower yield (70%).

P h o t o r e a c t i o n of P o l y ( a l l y l a m i n o p i p e r i d i n o p h o s - - - ~ - p h a z e n e ) , V T T t h P o l y t h i o l s a s F i l m . A film 5 pn thick was coated on a small grass slide plate from a solution of 300 mg V, 168 mg (0.422 mmol) TSH, and 56 mg (12.0 wt% of other com- ponents) of benzoin methyl e ther i n 3.0 mL toluene. The irradiation of the film for 30 min brought about complete disappearance of the IR-absorption bands of allylic double bonds at 910, 990, 1640, and 3080 cm-l.

R E S U L T S A N D D I S C U S S I O N

P r e p a r a t i o n of P h m o l y m e r s

For the model photoreaction, hexaallylaminocyclotriphosphazene (11) w a s prepared from a reaction of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (I) and allylamine in a yield of 65% (Scheme 1). 'P-NMR of I1 in deuterochloroform exhibited only one singlet peak at 17.65 ppm with 85% phosphoric acid as reference to confirm complete substitution. The soluble poly (dichlorophosphazene) (III), the precursor polymer of all the corresponding phosphazene polymers, was prepared by thermal reaction of the trimer I in a sealed ampule. The usual pre- cautions were imposed for handling the halide precursor polymer 111.

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SCHEME 1. Synthesis of hexaallylaminocyclotriphosphazene (Am: CH2=CHCH2NH-).

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IV, poly(bis(allyamino)phosphazene), R,R': C H = C H C H - 2

V, poly(allylarninopiperidinophosphazene), R:CH = C H C H - 2 R'KH:piperidino

VI, poly(allylarninobutylaminophosphazene), R:CH = C H C H - 2 R' :n-Bu-

VII, poly(bis(piperidino)phosphazene), RNH,R'NH:piperidino

VIII, poly(bis(butylamino)phosphazene), R,R':n-Bu-

SCHEME 2. Syntheses of polyphosphazenes by substitution re- actions.

Phosphazene polymers were synthesized by the substitution reactions of I11 with corresponding amines as shown in Scheme 2. The results of the substitution reactions are summarized in Table 1.

Polyphosphazenes of IV, VI, and VIII have very limited solubility and are soluble only in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE). When piperi- din0 groups instead of n-butylamino groups were substituted, the poly- mer V showed enhanced solubility in common solvents.

reactions in good yields with sufficiently high viscosity values com- pared to other published results [ 9 , lo].

mined by NMR spectra. The peaks of six methylene protons of piperi-

All the polyphosphazenes, IV to VIII, were obtained by substitution

The composition of allylamino groups in the polymer V w a s deter-

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din0 groups and three vinyl protons of allylamino groups in V appeared a t 1.7 and 5.0-6.2 ppm in CDC13, respectively. By comparison of the

integrated a reas of those two peaks, the mole ratio of allylamino to piperidino groups was calculated to be about 4:6. By the same method, the mole ratio of allylamino to butylamino groups in the polymer VI was determined to be 4:6. The substitution reactions of polymers V and VI resulted in compositions of side chains that agreed well with the mole ratio of the fed amino compounds.

P h o t o r e a c t i o n of I1 a s M o d e l R e a c t i o n

The UV irradiation of a solution of hexaallylaminocyclotriphospha- zene (11) and TSH in toluene gave insoluble white precipitates in high yield (95%) within 15 min in the presence of BME photoinitiator. With-

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out BME, it gave no appreciable precipitates. The precipitates showed complete disappearance of carbon-carbon double bond absorption of allyl amino groups a t 1640 cm-' in IR spectra (Fig. la). When irradi- ated with DSH, only slightly viscous materials were formed i n 15 min which still showed a weak absorption band a t 1640 cm-', ascribable to an incomplete photoreaction. The explanation is that the higher activity of the trithiol compound TSH is due to weakening of the S-H bonds of the 3-mercaptopropionate moieties by forming a favorable cyclic six-mem- bered hydrogen-bonded structure and also trifunctionality [6].

P h o t o r e a c t i o n of P o l v m e r V

In a photoreaction of V with TSH and BME in toluene solution for 20 min, a swollen gel was formed. After Soxhlet extraction of the gel, white crosslinked polymers were obtained in 80% yield. Insoluble gel in somewhat lower yield, 70%, was obtained in the case of DSH. The photoreactions of crosslinking of the polyphosphazene V with thiol compounds were confirmed by the disappearance of absorption bands of allylic double bonds at 910, 990, 1640, and 3080 cm-' in IR spectra (Fig. lb).

phosphazene V by UV irradiation. The addition reaction was verified by the appearance of carbonyl absorption at 1730 cm-' and the dis- appearance of.weak S-H stretching absorption at 2550 cm-'. The spec- t ra l change of absorption of the curable systems of I1 and V with TSH by photoreactions i s shown in Fig. 1. Photoreactions of the polymer VI also gave similar results, but the poor solubility of VI in common solvents raised some problems in handling.

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It is well known that allylic functional groups do not effectively homopolymerize under free-radical conditions, but it has been reported that, when thiol compounds and polyenes, even containing allyl groups, were employed together as photocurable coatings, the coatings were crosslinked very effectively and even were curable in the presence of surface oxygen by the action of thiyl radicals and allylic functions [ 51.

In the absence of photoinitiators, the photocurable formulations comprising I1 o r polymers V o r VI, with o r without polythiols, gave no appreciable precipitate on UV irradiation in solution. Without polythiol compounds , the formulations containing organophosphazenes 11, V, o r VI with photoinitiators also showed no appreciable photocrosslinking. On the basis of these results, the photoreactive system of polyphospha- zenes containing allyl groups/BME photoinitiator/TSH polythiol is con- sidered to be very effective in photocuring.

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Trimethylolpropane triacrylate, one of the multifunctional mono- mers widely used in commercial photocurable resin formulations, was employed instead of polythiols in the poly (allylaminophosphazene) sys- tems to compare the photoreactivity. The photoreaction of trimethylol- propane triacrylate was confirmed by the disappearance of IR absorp- tion of vinyl in-plane bending and C=C stretching a t 1410 and 1620 cm-l, respectively. However, the photoreaction of the system was not com- plete, because the C=C stretching band of allylamino groups in the polymer a t 1640 cm-' was nearly unchanged. It i s supposed-that only the trifunctional acrylate reacted in that photoreaction.

In film form, the photocrosslinking reactions were less sensitive than in solution because of the low mobility of reactants in the solid state. Increasing the amount of the photoinitiator BME up to 12%of other components brought about effective crosslinking, as estimated by the complete disappearance of the IR absorption bands of allylic double bonds.

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FIG. 2. TH thermograms of (I) hexaallylaminocyclotriphosphazene, 11; ( 2 ) UV-cured sample of I1 with TSH and BME for 15 min in toluene; ( 3) poly (allylaminopiperidinophosphazene), V; ( 4 ) UV-cured sample of V with TSH and BME for 20 min in toluene.

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Weight l o s s with increasing temperature was measured under

The thermogram of I1 showed weight loss in two steps. At f i rs t , nitrogen flow, and the thermograms are shown in Fig. 2.

3 5% weight loss occurred. The three allylamino groups amount to 35.6 wt% in HACPAZ. Thus, it is supposed that the degradation of the allylamino group is nongeminal because random degradation would not show such a TGA pattern. Upon crosslinking, the temper- a ture at which weight loss began was somewhat higher, but the rate of weight loss was greatly increased by the breakdown of the sulfide bonds accompanied by the degradation of allylamino groups. In co- polymer systems, it was less drast ic because of the piperidino groups.

R E F E R E N C E S

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