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Synthesis and Evaluation of New Oxaspiro Monomers for Double Ring-opening Polymerization

Dental and Medical Materials Group, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

Polymerization with expansion in volume can be achieved with spiro orthocarbonate monomers through a double ring-opening process wherein two bonds are cleaved for each new bond formed. The resulting expansion can be applied to counter the polymerization shrinkage associated with the conventional methacrylate monomers used in dental composites and thereby provide formulations with drastically reduced degrees of shrinkage. New monomers have been prepared that exhibit enhanced reactivities and ring-opening efficiencies compared with earlier free-radical-polymerizable oxaspiro compounds. In dental composite formulations, the monofunctional oxaspiro monomers provided DTS values equivalent to those of the controls under certain curing conditions; however, only modest reductions in polymerization shrinkage were observed.

2,3-Bis(methylene) spiro orthocarbonate monomers with a conjugated diene structure were also synthesized and evaluated. These novel monomers appear to offer significant potential for future development of free-radical ring-opening polymerization. While visible-light-cured formulations of the bis(methylene) compounds with methacrylate comonomers did not yield acceptable composite materials in this initial attempt, the high reactivity and the ability to form rigid, cross-linked polymers make this type of monomer worthy of continued investigation. These properties may allow the bis(methylene) oxaspiro monomers to be used alone or in concert with other ring-opening monomers for special applications.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 71, No. 7, 1408-1412 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345920710070901


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