Poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) and poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) are metallated using normal and secondary butyllithium chelate
complexes with tetramethylethylenediamine and superbases based on complexes of normal and secondary butyllithium with potassium
tert-pentoxide as metallating agents. Optimal conditions ensuring metallation of poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) and poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)
with a high yield without degradation of macrochains are determined. Poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) and poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)
are functionalized via reactions of metallated polymers with CO
2, trimethylsilyl chlorosulfone, diethyl disulfide, and ethylene oxide. COOH, SO
3H, OH, and thioester groups are introduced into poly(vinyltrimethylsilane), and SO
3H and COOH groups are incorporated into poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne). Upon introduction of carboxyl groups into poly(vinyltrimethylsilane),
its hydrophilicity and permselectivity with respect to H
2O/N
2, H
2O/H
2, and H
2O/CH
4 pairs increase. The introduction of SO
3H groups into poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) and poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) leads to the appearance of proton conductivity
of these polymers.
Original Russian Text © M.V. Chirkova, P.V. Pivovarov, E.G. Litvinova, V.S. Khotimskii, 2006, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye
Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2006, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 778–788.
This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 03-03-32975.
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