Hybrid polymers composed partially of inorganic elements likely represent the next generation of thermoset materials that can outperform state of the art polyorganics. Typical challenges to their implementation include poor manufacturability and synthetic difficulties. Thermally robust and synthetically accessible boron-containing structures can be introduced into polymer systems to serve as lightweight inorganic scaffolds. Dioxaboroles featuring strong boron-oxygen bonds are being studied as monomers for condensation and retro Diels-Alder polymerizations with chemistry necessary for cross-linked thermosets. This presentation will discuss the synthesis and polymerization of dioxaborole monomers and characterization by TGA, DSC, FTIR, and multinuclear NMR.

Synthesis of hybrid organic-inorganic boron-containing polymers for high temperature applications

2019 Fall National Meeting

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