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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2023-0118
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copper complexes; aminoalkylsilicones; (de)crosslinking by ligand exchange; recyclable polymers
This study demonstrates the reversible crosslinking of silicone chains through ligand binding to metals, resulting in recyclable elastomeric silicones. The prepared elastomers can be degraded by removing copper ions and reused.
Increasing demand for fully recyclable polymers has prompted an interest in materials crosslinked via non-covalent interactions. Aggressive depolymerization can cleave backbone SiO bonds to generate linear oils or cyclic monomers from silicone rubbers, but one would rather recover the starting material oils simply by selectively breaking crosslinks. We demonstrate that ligand binding to metals can be used to reversibly crosslink silicone chains. Aminopropylsilicones were crosslinked via complexation with copper (II) acetate to form blue silicone oils. These oils slowly cured in air at room temperature to form soft, green elastomers over a month, or overnight at 50-55 degrees C in air to give robust, hard red elastomers. Potential explanations for the observed color changes are discussed. Elastomers prepared by either pathway underwent ready degradation by removal of the copper ions via competitive ligand binding using ethylenediamine, allowing for recovery of the unmodified silicone oil; the recovered amine could be reused with more copper to form a (softer) elastomer. This process provides a method for the synthesis of stable elastomeric silicones that are degradable on demand.
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