| Abstract
| - The preparation of copolycarbonates containing porphyrin or fullerene units in the mainchain is described. The syntheses were performed inserting the “special groups” in bisphenol Apolycarbonate (PC) molecules by prolonged heating at 240 °C of PC mixtures with different amounts(5−30 wt %) of porphyrin or fullerene derivatives. To this end, four porphyrins with one or two phenolic[5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-10,15,20-tris(p-decanoxyphenyl)porphyrin (II) and 5,15-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)-10,20-bis(p-decanoxyphenyl)porphyrin (III)] or alcoholic [5-[p-(11-hydroxy)undecanoxyphenyl]-10,15,20-tris(p-dodecanoxyphenyl)porphyrin (IV) and 5,15-bis[p-(11-hydroxy)undecanoxyphenyl]-10,20-bis(p-dodecanoxyphenyl)porphyrin (V)] −OH groups and 61-(p-hydroxyphenyl)methano-1,2-fullerene[60] were prepared.Composition and structure of the obtained materials were inferred by GPC, UV−visible, and MALDI−TOF analysis. Our results suggest that thermal activated exchange reactions provoke a gradual andhomogeneous porphyrination or fullerenation of the polymer chains in the entire mass range. It was alsoascertained that, under our conditions, the outer−inner reactions produce only a moderate mass reductionof the PC.
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