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Synthesis and characterization of aryl boron-containing thermoplastic phenolic resin with high thermal decomposition temperature and char yield

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Phenol, zinc acetate dihydrate and paraformaldehyde are firstly performed to synthesize thermoplastic phenolic resin (PR), then phenylboronic acid (PBA) and other two boron compounds (4-hydroxymethyl phenylboronic acid & boronic acid) are introduced to fabricate the boron-containing thermoplastic phenolic resins (BPRs). The corresponding molecular structure, softening points, thermal decomposition temperature and char yield ratio of the BPRs are characterized and investigated by FTIR, NMR, XPS and TGA. Compared to pure thermoplastic PR, all the BPRs present relatively higher softening points, more excellent thermal decomposition temperature and higher char yield values. BPR-a exhibits the optimal thermal decomposition temperature (T 5 of 317.4 °C) and char yield ratio at 800 °C (69.6 %).

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The authors are grateful for the support and funding from the Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51403175); Shaanxi Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (No. 2015JM5153); Open Fund from National Defense Science and Technology Key Laboratory (No. 2015AFDL018) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 3102015ZY066 and 3102015BJ(II)JGZ020).

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    Junjun Feng, Lixin Chen, Junwei Gu, Zeyu He, Jin Yun & Xiaobin Wang

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Feng, J., Chen, L., Gu, J. et al. Synthesis and characterization of aryl boron-containing thermoplastic phenolic resin with high thermal decomposition temperature and char yield. J Polym Res 23, 97 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-016-0966-9

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