• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Composites from furfuryl alcohol and inorganic solids by cationic initiation, 2. Spectroscopic studies of poly(furfuryl alcohol)‐silica composites obtained by trifluoroacetic acid initiation
  • Contributor: Spange, Stefan; Schütz, Heidrun; Martinez, Ricardo
  • imprint: Wiley, 1993
  • Published in: Die Makromolekulare Chemie
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/macp.1993.021940602
  • ISSN: 0025-116X
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Furfuryl alcohol polymerizes in a suspension of dispersed inorganic solids such as silica in 1,2‐dichloroethane using trifluoroacetic acid as initiator. Depending on the experimental conditions the reactions load to (1) agglomeration of particles, (2) composite and soluble polymer formation, (3) composite formation. The chemical structure of the soluble polymers is not regular but the furfurylic sequence is predominant. The polymer grafted on the surface of the solid is a strongly reticulated poly(furfuryl alcohol), which also possesses conjugated double bonds that are involved in an acid‐base equilibrium with trifluoroacetic acid.</jats:p>