Novel thermoelastic polyurethane resins containing metallophthalocyanine rings (M-pc, M=Fe (III), or Co (II)) in the chain were synthesized and their properties were investigated. These polyurethane resins containing M-pc were prepared by the coplyaddition of 4, 4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) with a mixture of poly (buthylene adipate) glycol (PBA), 1, 4-butanediol, and metallophthalocyanine bis (2-hydroxyethyl carboxylate) obtained from metallophthalocyanine dicarbonyl chloride and ethylene glycol. The blue or green copolyurethane resins thus obtained had thermoelastic property and were soluble in hot N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N, N-dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and N, N-dimethyl acetamide (DMAC). Therefore, the copolyurethanes can be molded into various such as fibers, films, etc. The melting behavior, dynamic viscoelasticity, tensile properties, and thermal properties of polyurethanes obtained in this study were also investigated. The results showed that the introduction of metallophthalocyanine units into a polyurethane has no negative influence upon the principal properties of the polyurethane and these resins are useful for practical use.
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