Chem 421: Introduction to Polymer Chemistry

Step Polymerization Reactions

Carbonyl addition-elimination
- Polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, polyimides...
Aromatic addition-elimination
- Polysulfones, polysulfides, polyetherketones
Carbonyl addition-condensation
- Phenol-formaldehyde and related polymers
- Polymeric heterocycles
Addition to multiple bonds or epoxides
- Polyurethanes
- Epoxy polymers
Miscellaneous
- Oxidative aromatic addition (polyphenylene oxide)
- Acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET)
- Aryl-aryl coupling
- Reductive coupling (polysilanes)
- Hydrolysis coupling (silicones)
- Diels-Alder cycloaddition
- Biradical coupling (polyxylylene)
- Friedel-Crafts chemistry
- S_N2 reactions
- and a host of others...