Plastics are used widely in daily life but are often subject to high stress situations, especially when used in industry. One solution to the problem of cracking plastics is self-healing polymers, those which can be repaired with only the addition of external stimuli. Thermal self-healing polymers need only heat to undergo repair and can be created with a variety of reactions. The Diels-Alder reaction is one such reaction that can be used in thermal self-healing polymers because of its thermal reversibility. Here, the synthesis of the following furan derivatives is described: (furanmethoxy)pentafluorobenzene, (furanpropoxy)pentafluorobenzene, and 3-(2-furyl)propan-1-ol. Kinetic studies using the following dienes in the reaction with N-(4-fluorophenyl)maleimide were conducted: (furanmethoxy)pentafluorobenzene, (furanpropoxy)pentafluorobenzene, 3-(2-furyl)propan-1-ol, furan, and furfuryl alcohol. Results regarding the substituent effects will be discussed.

Kinetic studies of model Diels-Alder reactions using <sup>19</sup>F NMR

255th National Meeting (2018)

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Kinetic studies of model Diels-Alder reactions using 19F NMR

Kinetic studies of model Diels-Alder reactions using ¹⁹F NMR