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Sadik Amajjahe1, Helmut Ritter
1Institute for Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry II, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstraße 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany; Current Address: Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of New South Wales, 2052 Sydney, Australia.
Abstract:
Several poly(ionic liquids) have been synthesized based on poly(1-vinyl-3-tert-butoxycarbonylmethylene imidazolium) salts with different counterions to investigate the tert-butyl ester pyrolysis of these compounds. It is found that the counterions strongly influence the temperature of the pyrolysis. The pyrolysis temperature shifts to higher or lower temperatures depending on the nature of the counterions. The use of microwave irradiation was employed to accelerate the gas release because of the high dipolar interaction of amorphous salts with microwaves. The result of these reactions is the formation of organic foams that could be of industrial interest.
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