Abstract
The reaction of polyamines with phosphorous acid and formaldehyde in water under focused microwave irradiation provides a facile and rapid synthesis of poly(aminomethylenephosphonic) acids.
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the PunchOrga Network (Pôle Universitaire Normand de Chimie Organique), the Ministère de la Recherche et des Nouvelles Technologies, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), the Région Basse-Normandie, the European Union (FEDER funding), and CMEP-TASSILI No 10MDU799 for their financial support, and the BASF for their generous gift of polyethylenimines (Lupasol®).
The present affiliation for is Paul-Alain Jaffrès CEMCA, UMR CNRS 6521, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.