International Business Machines Corporation
POST POLYMERIZATION MODIFICATION IN FLOW

Abstract:

Techniques regarding post polymerization modifications to polycarbonate polymers via a flow reactor are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a cyclic carbonate monomer that can be employed to facilitate polymerization of one or more polycarbonate platforms susceptible to post polymerization modification. For instance, one or more embodiments can regard a cyclic carbonate molecular backbone covalently bonded to an aryl halide functional group via in accordance with a chemical structure selected from the group consisting of: ##STR00001## In the chemical structures, "R.sub.1" can be selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a functional group comprising a first alkyl group; "L" can represent a linkage group, comprising: a second alkyl group and an end group having at least one member selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom; and "A" can represent the aryl halide functional group.