Chemical degradation of poly(styrene disulfide) and poly(styrene tetrasulfide) by triphenylphosphine

Ganesh, Kannan ; Kishore, Kaushal (1995) Chemical degradation of poly(styrene disulfide) and poly(styrene tetrasulfide) by triphenylphosphine Macromolecules, 28 (7). pp. 2483-2490. ISSN 0024-9297

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma00111a049

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma00111a049

Abstract

The chemical degradation of polysulfide polymers, viz., poly(styrene disulfide), PSD, and poly(styrene tetrasulfide), PST, has been achieved using triphenylphosphine, TPP. The reaction was monitored using 31P NMR spectroscopy. The solubility analysis of the reaction residues reveals that while PSD degrades completely, PST on the other hand, undergoes complete degradation only when the concentration of TPP is increased. Moreover, the reaction of PST with TPP occurs at room temperature whereas PSD requires a higher temperature. The reaction products were analyzed using the direct pyrolysis mass spectrometric (DP-MS) technique, and their formation has been explained through an ionic mechanism.

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