Synthesis and Characterization of the Poly-(2-Methoxycyanurate) of 1,1′-Bis-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane

Abstract

The poly-(2-methoxycyanurate) of l, l′-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane (PMCBC) was synthesized by the interfacial poly-condensation technique. The polymer was fractionated by preparative gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The fractions were characterized by viscometry, osmometry, and GPC techniques. The viscosity-molecular weight relationship was established in pure solvent and in different binary solvent mixtures. The unperturbed dimensions, (〈R²〉₀/M)^1/2, and the solvent-polymer interaction parameter, B, were computed by applying the two-parameter theories of the excluded-volume effect.