Resveratrol-Based Tri-Functional Benzoxazines: Synthesis, Characterization, Polymerization, and Thermal and Flame Retardant Properties

Publication date: Available online 19 April 2019Source: European Polymer JournalAuthor(s): Kan Zhang, Mengchao Han, Lu Han, Hatsuo IshidaAbstractA series of thermally stable resveratrol-based tri-functional benzoxazine resins have been synthesized using resveratrol, different amines (aniline, 4-chloroaniline and 3-aminophenylacetylene) and paraformaldehyde. The molecular structures of these benzoxazines have been characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and FT-IR spectroscopy. The assignments for the characteristic protons and carbons in oxazine rings are confirmed using two-dimensional (2D) NMR techniques, including 1H-1H NOESY and 1H-13C HMQC. Moreover, the ring-opening polymerization of benzoxazines is studied using in situ FT-IR and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the thermal stability and the flammability of the polybenzoxazines are also investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and micro-scale combustion calorimetry (MCC), respectively. In addition to the advantages of lowest melting and polymerization temperatures amongst these resveratrol-based, tri-functional benzoxazines, the corresponding polybenzoxazine derived from benzoxazine containing acetylene shows highest thermal stability with a Tg temperature higher than 350°C, initial degradation temperature at 10% weight loss at 465°C, and char yield of 74% at 800°C in nitrogen atmosphere. Furthermore, this polybenzoxazine also exhibits exceptionally low heat release capacity (30.7 Jg-1K-1) an...
Source: European Polymer Journal - Category: Chemistry Source Type: research