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Facile synthesis of 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol modified polystyrene and its antioxidative properties as the heterogeneous antioxidant

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The heterogeneous antioxidant, namely, PS-2, 6-DTBP, was easily synthesized from chloromethylated polystyrene (CMPS) with 2, 6-di-tert-butylphenol by a simple one-step Friedel–Crafts reaction. As compared with CMPS (78 m2/g and 34.8 nm, respectively), the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area (SBET) of PS-2, 6-DTBP was greatly increased to 623 m2/g, while the average pore size was sharply reduced to 7.0 nm. The antioxidative property of PS-2, 6-DTBP was extensively evaluated by the scavenging activity of superoxide and 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH·) in inhibiting oxidation of benzaldehyde, and the results indicated that 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol loaded on PS-2, 6-DTBP had excellent capability in scavenging O2−· and DPPH·, and effectively inhibited the oxidation of benzaldehyde. As a heterogeneous antioxidant with free radical scavenger, PS-2, 6-DTBP can be conveniently separated from the liquid phase and is environment friendly, showing promising potential in solid antioxidant field.

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The National key R&D Program of China under Grant NO.2019YFB1504502 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no: 51974374) was acknowledged for the financial support.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, The Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yuli Fu & Ting Lei

  2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Material Interface Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yiwen Cao, You Wang & Jianhan Huang

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Meng Li, Shihua Zhong & Mancai Xu

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Yuli Fu performed the experiments and wrote the manuscript, Yiwen Cao, You Wang and Meng Li did some calculations and revised the manuscript, Shihua Zhong and Mancai Xu revised the manuscript, Jianhan Huang and Ting Lei were the supervisors.

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Fu, Y., Cao, Y., Wang, Y. et al. Facile synthesis of 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol modified polystyrene and its antioxidative properties as the heterogeneous antioxidant. J Polym Res 30, 27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-03394-8

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