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In the initial step, a Friedel\u2013Crafts acylation reaction was employed to react 2,6-DMP with different acyl chlorides, leading to the formation of ketone derivatives substituted with 2,6-dimethylphenyl groups. Subsequently, the ketones, along with DOPO and 2,6-DMP, underwent a condensation reaction to yield a series of DOPO-substituted bisphenol derivatives. Finally, polymerizations of 2,6-dimethylphenol with these DOPO-substituted bisphenols were carried out in organic solvents using copper(I) bromide\/N-butyldimethylamine catalysts (CuBr\/DMBA) under a continuous flow of oxygen, yielding telechelic PPO oligomers with DOPO moieties incorporated into the polymer backbone. The chemical structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized using various analytical techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). When compared to conventional poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)s with a similar molecular weight range, all DOPO\u2212PPOs exhibited higher glass transition temperatures, enhanced thermal degradability, and increased char yield formation at 800 \u00b0C without compromising solubility in organic solvents.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym16020303","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,22]],"date-time":"2024-01-22T11:36:41Z","timestamp":1705923401000},"page":"303","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Synthesis and Characterization of DOPO-Containing Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)s by Oxidative Coupling Polymerization"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Cheng-Hao","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-2390-1901","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chi","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu-Chen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun-Xiang","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7013-312X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mong","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Aycock, D., Abolins, V., and White, D. 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