TY - JOUR A1 - Kricheldorf, H. A1 - Hauser, K. A1 - Krüger, Ralph-Peter A1 - Schulz, Günter T1 - Macrocycles 12. Ring-Opening Polycondensations of Tin-Containing Macrocycles with Bis(Thioarylester)s JF - Journal of macromolecular science A N2 - 2,2-Dibutyl-2-stanna-1,3-dioxepane (DSDOP) was polycondensed with bis(4-chlorothiophenyl) suberat under various reaction conditions, but only moderate molecular weights (Mn 10000) were obtained. The MALDI-TOF mass spectrosmetry revealed the formation of cyclic oligo- and polyesters in addition to linear species having OH, CO2H, and unreacted 4-chlorothiophenyl ester endgroups. Furthermore, -Caprolactone (-CL) was polymerized with DSDOP as the initiator at monomer/initiator (M/I) ratios of 20 and 50. The resulting tin-containing macrocyclic polylactones were reacted with sebacic acid bis(4-thiocresyl)ester at three different temperatures and with different reaction times. Analogous polycondensations were conducted with suberic acid bis(4-chlorothiophenyl) ester. The presence of thioarylester endgroups in the isolated polyesters was checked by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The highest conversions were found at long reaction times (24 or 72 hours), or after the addition of pyridine and N,N-dimethylaminopyridine as catalysts. Despite high conversions, the number average molecular weights (Mn's) did not exceed values around 20000. Even in the samples having the highest molecular weights, unreacted 4-chlorothiophenylester endgroups were detected by GPC measurements evaluated with a UV-detector. It is concluded that both factors, cyclization and incomplete conversion, contribute to the limitation of the chain growth. KW - Ring-Opening Polycondensations KW - Macrocycles KW - Polyesters PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1081/MA-100101099 SN - 1060-1325 SN - 1520-5738 VL - 37 IS - 4 SP - 379 EP - 394 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, PA AN - OPUS4-2167 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -