Synthesis and properties of liquid crystalline polyurethanes

• 来源期刊: 中国高等学校学术文摘·化学
• 关键词: liquid crystal polyurethane thermotropic phase transition temperature
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（4）
• 页码范围: 479-483
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

1,4-Bis(p-hydroxybenzoate)phenylene was prepared using 1,4-bis(trimethylsiloxy)benzene and p-hydroxybenzoyl chloride as starting materials.A series of novel 1,4-bis(p-hydroxyalkoxybenzoate)phenylene were synthesized by reaction of 1,4-bis(p-hydroxybenzoate)phenylene with 3-bromopropanol and 4-bromobutanol,respectively,The liquid crystal polyurethanes were prepared by 1,4-bis(p-hydroxyalkoxybenzoate)phenylene with MDI (p-methylene diphenylenediisocyanate) and 2,4-TDI(2,4-toluenediisocyanate),respectively.The thermotropic properties,the melting point (Tm) and the isotropization temperature (Ti) of the synthesized polyurethanes were characterized by DSC,IR and POM.It showed that all of the polyurethane polymers exhibited thermotropic liquid crystalline properties between 144℃ and 260℃.The transition temperature (Tm and Ti) decreased with an increase in the length of the methylene spacer.