<br/>Fluoropolymers are widely used in many different industries due to the desirable physical properties of these polymers, such as high melting points and maximum operation temperatures, high electric chemical resistance. The inert nature of the carbon-fluorine bonds surrounding the carbon backbone is what gives these materials their outstanding properties, but also make the resulting materials difficult to characterize and manipulate into functional products. The reaction conditions to generate many of these fluoropolymers involve high pressure with toxic and highly reactive gases. We have developed a safe and scalable method to produce high molecular weight fluoropolymers from a diene and perfluorodiiodide monomers. The resulting polymers maintain desirable fluorous properties while having increased solubility and processability. This method allows for the incorporation of functional dienes to result in chemically responsive fluorous materials. Furthermore, we have shown these polymers can readily undergo post-polymerization modification. Collectively, this new methodology sets the stage for the creation of functional fluorous materials.

Green synthesis of functional fluoropolymers

256th National Meeting (2018)

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