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Synthesis and Thermal Behavior of Poly(2-hydroxyethoxybenzoate) and Its Copolyesters with ε-caprolactone

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Poly(2-hydroxyethoxybenzoate), poly(ε-caprolactone), and random poly(2-hydroxyethoxybenzoate/e-caprolactone) copolymers were synthesized and characterized in terms of chemical structure and molecular mass. The thermal behavior was examined by DSC. All the samples appear as semicrystalline materials; the main effect of copolymerization was lowering in the amount of crystallinity and a decrease of melting temperature with respect to homopolymers. Flory's equation described well the T m-composition data. Amorphous samples (in the 20–100%2-hydroxyethoxybenzoate unit concentration range) obtained by quenching showed amonotonic decrease of the glass transition temperature T g as the content of caprolactone units is increased. The Wood's equation described the T g-composition data well.

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    N. Lotti, L. Finelli, A. Munari & P. Manaresi

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Lotti, N., Siracusa, V., Finelli, L. et al. Synthesis and Thermal Behavior of Poly(2-hydroxyethoxybenzoate) and Its Copolyesters with ε-caprolactone. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 66, 827–840 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013152324112

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