China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 1-9.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.08.001

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Synthesis and characterization of aminopropyl oligomeric silsesquioxane and its amidation products

DONG Youbang1, ZHANG Zeqi1,2, YANG Rongjie1,2()   

  1. 1.National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials,School of Materials,Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing 100081,China
    2.Zhongyuan Research Center for Flame Retardant Materials,Beijing Institute of Technology,Xuchang 461000,China
  • Received:2022-04-06 Online:2022-08-26 Published:2022-08-22

Abstract:

Caged aminopropylsilsesquioxane (NH2-propyl-POSS) was synthesized through one-pot hydrolysis-condensation under alkali-catalyzed conditions using 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane as a raw material. The obtained products were characterized using infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and electrospray ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. The results indicated that the synthesized NH2-propyl-POSS was a cage-structured mixture with different sizes, and the contents of cage structured T8, T9 and T10 were relatively high. Acetylpropyl POSS and propynoyl POSS were further synthesized through the amidation of NH2-propyl-POSS with acetic acid and propiolic acid, respectively, and their structures were characterized using infrared spectroscopy, 1H-NMR spectroscopy, and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the three POSSs were all amorphous structures. According to the thermal decomposition characteristics obtained from thermogravimetric analysis, NH2-propyl-POSS showed the highest thermal stability among the three POSSs. NH2-propyl-POSS was used for epoxy resin (EP) to improve its thermal stability. The EP/NH2-propyl-POSS blends exhibited a glass transition temperature of 180.7 oC and a limiting oxygen index of 25.2 vol% with the addition of 5 wt% POSS.

Key words: aminosilsesquioxane, cage structure, thermal property, amidation

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