The intermolecular forces among the polymeric strands of materials can be manipulated to change the macromolecular properties of that solid.  The pi stacking of rigid aromatic rings have been used to increase strength and linearity of these strands.  To address the increase intermolecular interactions we worked to regio- and quantitatively sulfonate biphenyl dicarboxylic acids for used as polyesters and polyamides.  Direct monosulfonation of the biphenyl rings as well as Suzuki coupling of sulfonated iodo- methyl benzoates with boronic acids provide a wide range of monomeric biphenyls to explore how the sulfonate alters the polymers as a low level additive in the polymer mixture.  Future work will examine how this alters the rigidity, durability, and gas barrier of the polymeric mixtures.<br/>

Polymeric sulfonation

251st National Meeting (2016)

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