Abstract
One of the methods for varying the configurational structure of substituted polyacetylenes is the approach of copolymerization of two or more acetylenic co-monomers. By this approach the monomers that do not homopolymerize can be inbuilt into the copolymer chains.
Soluble copolymers can be synthesized even if a homopolymer of one of co-monomers is insoluble. Copolymers with reduced content of functional groups can be prepared that are suitable for post-polymerization modification.
Copolymerization of phenylacetylene with (4-chlorobutyl)acetylene copolymers of various composition (up to 50% of (4-chlorobutyl)acetylene units) were prepared that are suitable for further modification by click reaction or by quarternization. Copolymerization of phenylacetylene with 1,3- or 1,4-diethynylbenzene provided polymer networks of high surface area potentially applicable as adsorptive materials.