| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L78949/01 |
| Title: |
PURE, LARGE ALKANES (LINEAR & NOVEL), & DERIVATIVES WITH TERMINAL DEUTERIUM, BULKY ALKYL AND THIOL GROUPS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Brooke, Dr G |
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Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
Durham, University of |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
19 January 1998 |
Ends: |
18 June 2000 |
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106,584
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| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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Polythene is probably the world's most important man-made polymer. However, it is a mixture of molecules of different chain lengths, and to do good science, pure materials are vital. In earlier work, we synthesised eleven pure straight-chain alkanes ranging from C98 to C390 to serve as models for understanding the properties of polythene, and some long chain alkanes with short branches. In this new work, on behalf of polymer physicists, we propose to make (i) the longest synthetic alkane - the C768 compound - to bridge the gap from oligomers to a true polymer; (ii) very long straight-chain alkanes terminating with extensive deuterium substitution at both ends of the chain; (iii) very long chain alkanes with very long branches (`star-shaped' molecules); (iv) one large symmetrical `H-shaped' alkane; (v) one `club shaped' alkane and one `dumbell' shaped alkane with bulky terminal alkyl groups; and (vi) two long straight-chain thiols and two dithiols in which the sulphur is capable of forming bonds to surfaces - the dithiols being capable of forming a loop in the hydrocarbon chain.
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