A non-isocyanate route for synthesizing thermoplastic polyurethanes with excellent thermal and mechanical properties was described. Melt transurethane polycondensation of 1,6-bis（hydroxyethyloxy carbonyl amino）hexane with four poly（ethylene glycol）s （PEGs）, i.e. PEG400, PEG600, PEG1000, or PEG1500, was conducted at different molar ratios. A series of thermoplastic poly（ether urethane）s （TPEUs） with long PEG sequences were prepared. The TPEUs were characterized via gel permeation chromatography, FTIR, 1H-NMR, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, wide-angle X-ray scattering, and tensile tests. The TPEUs exhibit Tg between 12.4 ℃ and -40.4 ℃, Tm of up to 149.8 ℃, and initial decomposition temperature over 239.4 ℃. The tensile strength of the TPEUs reaches 38.39 MPa with a strain at break of 852.92%.
Yong DengSu-qing Li赵京波Zhi-yuan ZhangJun-ying ZhangWan-tai Yang
A simple non-isocyanate route synthesizing thermoplastic polyurethanes（TPUs） with good thermal and mechanical properties is described. Melt transurethane polycondensation of dimethyl 1,6-hexamethylene dicarbamate with 1,4-butanediol and 1,6-hexanediol was conducted at different molar ratios under the catalysis of tetrabutyl titanate. A series of crystallizable non-isocyanate TPUs with high molecular weight were prepared. The TPUs were characterized by gel permeation chromatography, FT-IR, 1 H-NMR, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, wide angle X-ray diffraction, AFM, and tensile tests. The TPUs exhibited Mn ranging from 12 500 to 26 400 g/mol, Mw from 16 700 to 56 400 g/mol, Tm up to 151.4 °C, and initial decomposition temperature over 241.8 °C. Their tensile strength reached 42.99 MPa with a strain at break of 30.00%. TPUs constructed simply with butylene, hexylene, and urethane linkages were successfully synthesized through a non-isocyanate route.
High molecular weight aliphatic segmented poly（ether ester amide）s（PEEAs） were synthesized via melt polycondensation and chain extension. An oligomeric polyamide（PA） terminated mainly with -COOH groups（HOOC-PA-COOH） was prepared from the reaction of nylon 610 salt with sebacic acid. Melt polycondensation of HOOC-PA-COOH with polyethylene glycol（PEG）, such as PEG400, PEG600, PEG1000 and PEG1500, was conducted at 200 ℃, and several segmented PEEA prepolymers（PrePEEAs） were prepared. Chain extension of PrePEEAs was carried out at 190 ℃ using 2,2＇-（1,4-phenylene）-bis（2-oxazoline） and adipoyl biscaprolactamate as combination chain extenders. Chain extended PEEAs（ExtPEEAs） were characterized by gel permeation chromatography（GPC）, Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer（FTIR）, proton nuclear magnetic resonance（1H NMR）, differential scanning calorimetry（DSC）, wide angle X-ray scattering（WAXS）, thermogravimetry analysis（TGA）, and tensile test. The ExtPEEAs exhibited Mn up to 98700, Tm from 164.2 ℃ to 176.1 ℃, initial decomposition temperature above 320.6 ℃, tensile strength up to 34.80 MPa, and strain at break from 111.92% to 353.12%. Aliphatic segmented PEEAs with good thermal and mechanical properties were prepared.
A simple non-isocyanate route is developed for synthesizing crystallizable aliphatic thermoplastic poly（ester urethane） elastomers （TPEURs） with good thermal and mechanical properties. Three prepolymers of 1,6-bis（hydroxyethyloxycarbonylamino） hexane （BHCH）, i.e. PrePBHCHs, were prepared through the self-transurethane polycondensation of BHCH. A poly（butylene adipate） prepolymer （PrePBA） with terminal HO-- groups was prepared and used as a polyester glycol. A series of TPEURs were prepared by the co-polycondensation of the PrePBHCHs with PrePBA at 170 ℃under a reduced pressure of 399 Pa. The TPEURs were characterized by gel permeation chromatography, FTIR, 1H-NMR, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, and tensile test. The TPEURs exhibited Mn up to 23300 g/mol, Mw up to 51100 g/mol, Tg ranging from -33.8 ℃ to -3.1 ℃, Tm from 94.3 ℃ to 111.9 ℃, initial decomposition temperature over 274.7℃, tensile strength up to18.8 MPa with a strain at break of 450.0%, and resilience up to 77.5%. TPU elastomers with good crystallization and mechanical properties were obtained through a non-isocyanate route.
Yue LiSu-qing Li赵京波Zhi-yuan ZhangJun-ying ZhangWan-tai Yang
