Synthesis, characterization, and properties of a novel aromatic ester-based polybenzoxazine.

Polybenzoxazines with molecular design flexibility have excellent properties by using suitable raw materials. A new benzoxazine monomer terephthalic acid bis-[2-(6-methyl-4-benzo[][1,3]oxazin-3-yl)]ethyl ester (TMBE) with bis-ester groups has been synthesized from the simple esterification reaction of terephthaloyl chloride and 2-(6-methyl-4-benzo[][1,3]oxazin-3-yl)-ethanol (MB-OH). The chemical structure of TMBE was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-NMR, C-NMR). Polymerization behavior of TMBE was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and FT-IR after each cure stage. The cross-linked polybenzoxazine (PTMBE) gave a transparent film through the thermal casting method. The dynamic mechanical analysis of PTMBE showed that the was 110 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis reveals better thermal stability as evidenced by the 5% and 10% weight-loss temperatures ( and ) of PTMBE, which were 263 and 289 °C, respectively, with a char yield of 27% at 800 °C. The tensile test of the film revealed that the elongation at break was up to 14.2%.