Synthesis and characterization of fluoropoly(amide–sulfonamide)s via polycondensation

Novel fluorine-containing polymers, fluoropoly(amide–sulfonamide)s were synthesized for the first time by polycondensation from β-hydroxytetrafluoroethanesulfonic acid sultone (TFE-sultone) and hexamethylenediamine. The chemical structures of the obtained F-PASAs were characterized by intrinsic viscosity measurements, GPC, FTIR, 1H NMR, 19F NMR and element analysis in detail. Thermal properties and optical property of F-PASAs were investigated by DSC, DMA, TGA and UV–vis spectra, respectively. The investigation indicated that these functional fluoropolymers in which there are both amide and sulfonamide linkages along the polymer main chains possessed distinctive structure as well as unique properties such as thermal properties, clean and high transparency and compatibility with nylons.