A class of azocarbazole-based carboxylates: High-efficiency ionic unimolecular photobase generators for thiol-epoxy click polymerization under blue light

Can Xu, Xiang Wu, Ying Xiong, Zhen Li, Hongding Tang

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Abstract

Two new unimolecular azocarbazole-based visible photobase generators (Ac-C-Base) with different strong bases such as 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD) and 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine (TMG) as the potential active species were prepared. Their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HR-MS. According to the photolysis and EPR results, Ac-C-Base could generate free radicals and strong bases simultaneously through the photodecarboxylation mechanism under 455 nm LED irradiation. Thus they can effectively catalyze the thiol-epoxy polymerization without post exposure baking under light exposure. In addition, the Ac-C-TBD containing a stronger base shows a faster polymerization rate and higher epoxy conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3020-3028
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Polymer Science
Volume59
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • azocarbazole
  • photobase generators
  • thiol-epoxy photopolymerization
  • visible light

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