Hexakis(4-oxazolinophenoxy)cyclophosphazene has been used to promote the compatibility between polycarbonate and polyamide-6 polymers. The resulting blends were characterized by a variety of method to assess the occurred compatibilization between the two types of macromolecules.

Hexakis(4-oxazolinophenoxy)cyclophosphazene,a multifunctional cyclophosphazene derivatives containing six pending oxazoline groups, was prepared by reacting hexachlorocyclophosphazene with 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline. The resulting trimer was successively treated with carboxylic group-containing molecules (4-benzoyl-benzoic acid) and macromolecules (polyethylene terephthalate) to produce a novel photoinitiator and a polymer having higher molecular weight and improved mechanical properties, respectively.

In this paper, the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of a novel oxazoline-containing cyclophosphazene, hexakis(4-oxazolinophenoxy)cyclophosphazene, C-6-OXA, are reported. This product was synthesized by a two-step procedure that required first the preparation of 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline and then the successive treatment of this compound with hexachlorocyclophosphazene in the presence of NaH (60% oil dispersion). The resulting C-6-OXA was eventually reacted with low-molecular-weight organic molecules, e.g. 4-benzoylbenzoic acid, to form highly photosensitive cyclophosphazenes. and with high-molecular-weight polymers, e.g. poly(ethylene terephthalate). PET, acting as a new type of multifunctional, phosphazene-based chain extender, to produce branched PET macromolecules showing greatly modified rheological properties.

In this communication we present results on the preparation of cyclo and polyphosphazenes containing free oxazoline groups and on their possible practical utilization as new antioxidants, photoinitiators, chain extenders and starting materials for the preparation of blends between phosphazene polymers and organic macromolecules functionalized with free carboxylic groups . Moreover the modification of poly(ethylene terephthalate) with a new cyclophosphazene derivative which bears six free oxazoline groups leads to a material which shows an enhanced melt viscosity

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