Halogenated flame retardants have been the most common type of flame-retarding compounds used in industrial and commercial flame resisting compounds, with chlorinated and brominated being the most widely used. These products, though they work, possess a significant threat to human life, and causing negative environmental impacts as well. To combat this, non-halogens are becoming more widespread. Common non-halogens that are used are aluminum, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur, boron, magnesium, and nitrogen compounds that are attached to a polymer that when heated, will break apart, form water and resist the flames. The goal of this research was to determine the effectiveness of three of the above compounds in their abilities to retard flames while giving off fewer negative effects than their halogenated counterparts. To perform this, multiple organic reactions were performed to add alcohol to the ends of the main molecule. Once the alcohols were added, the substituent groups were added to the molecule, with NMR, and IR confirming the structures of the compounds synthesized. A flame test was also performed on each of the compounds synthesized to determine how the substituent groups resisted the flames while comparing each of the results to each other’s retarding abilities.

Synthesis of non-halogenated flame retardant polymers via organic synthesis

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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