Self-healable hydrophobic polymer material having urethane linkages via a non-isocyanate route and dynamic Diels-Alder 'click' reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Feb 2;57(9):1149-1152. doi: 10.1039/d0cc06407f.

Abstract

Conventional synthesis of polyurethane (PU) often involves the use of inherently toxic and overly moisture-sensitive isocyanates. Herein, we report the preparation of a self-healable hydrophobic polymer network having urethane linkages via a facile non-isocyanate route based on carbonylimidazole-amine reaction and dynamic Diels-Alder (DA) 'click' reaction based on furan-maleimide cycloaddition. This isocyanate-free DA 'clicked' polymer material showed excellent self-healing and hydrophobic characteristics.