Abstract

AbstractA polyurethane having pendant carbazolyl groups separated by four methylene groups was prepared and the EDA complex formation with 2,4,7‐trinitrofluorenone (TNF) was studied in chloroform. EDA complexes of the polymer and the monomer model compound are spectroscopically indistinguishable. The formation constant (K) of the polymer complex is about equal to that of the monomer model compound in the oligomeric range whereas K increases with increasing molecular weight of the polymer. This trend of polymer effect is the same for the complex formation with other acceptors such as tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and 1,3,5‐trinitrobenzene (TNB). The formation of the polymer complex is entropically favoured although the negative enthalpy change is larger for the monomer model compound. The reasons are discussed.

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