• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.435-439
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• 1998

A new series of ion separation membrane materials based on pheonoxy and trifluoroethoxy co-substituted polyphosphazene has been designed and synthesized. The polymers were characterized by $^{31}P$ NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and get permeation chromatography. The basic phosphazene membranes were sulfonated to obtain better hydrophilicity and ion-selectivity. The membrane from $[NP(OC_6H_4SO_3H)_{1.58}(OCH_2CF_3)_{0.42}]_n$ gave excellent values of ion transport number, area resistivity, and also ion exchange capacity, compared with the commercial membranes.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.843-850
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• 1994

Polyphosphazene-bound Wittig reagents such as $[NP(OC_6H_5)_{1.7}(OC_6H_4P(Ph)_2$=$CHCH_2CH_2CH_3)_{0.3}]_n$ were synthesized by treating $[NP(OC_6H_5)_{1.7}(OC_6H_4Br)_{0.3}]_n$ with n-butyllithium, diphenylchlorophosphine, and n-butyl iodide. Polymeric reactions were carried out according to the reaction conditions with cyclic primers such as [$N_3P_3(OC_6H_5)_5(OC_6H_4P(Ph)_2$)]. The desired alkene and polymer-bound phosphine oxide were prepared successfully by the reaction of polyphosphazene-bound Wittig reagents with benzophenone.