Winters, Jonas;Dehaen, Wim;Binnemans, Koen published 《γ-Valerolactone-based organic electrolyte solutions: a benign approach to polyaramid dissolution and processing》. The research results were published in《Green Chemistry》 in 2020.Computed Properties of C12H12N2O The article conveys some information:
Polyaramids are polymers that consist of aromatic repeating units that are connected via amide bonds. From their chem. structure, an extensive intermol. hydrogen-bond network arises, which makes them very difficult to dissolve in conventional organic solvents. A commonly used solvent system is N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) mixed with CaCl2, where the chloride ions can break up the intermol. hydrogen bonds. Organic electrolyte solutions (OESs) are proposed as a green alternative solvent system. OESs are created by diluting ionic liquids (ILs) with an organic co-solvent. gamma-Valerolactone (GVL) was selected as a green, renewable co-solvent. The solubility in OESs was tested for three commonly produced polyaramids: poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide (PPTA), poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide (PMIA) and copoly(p-phenylene/3,4′-diphenylether terephthalamide) (ODA/PPTA). Some OESs were excellent solvents for PMIA and ODA/PPTA, with [C8MIm][Cl]/GVL yielding solubilities as high as 23.7 wt% and 7.4 wt%, resp., rivalling the currently used solvent systems. PPTA, on the other hand, was completely insoluble in all OESs. GVL was found to work synergistically with ILs, while acetonitrile and ethanol acted as a non-solvent and anti-solvent, resp. OESs made from GVL and imidazolium ILs were suitable solvents for fiber spinning, as was demonstrated using a 3D-printed spinning setup. The Kamlet-Taft parameters of the OES were determined from which boundary conditions for dissolution To complete the study, the researchers used 3-(4-Aminophenoxy)aniline (cas: 2657-87-6) .
3-(4-Aminophenoxy)aniline is one of ethers-buliding-blocks. Ethers lack the hydroxyl groups of alcohols. Without the strongly polarized O―H bond, ether molecules cannot engage in hydrogen bonding with each other. Computed Properties of C12H12N2OEthers do have nonbonding electron pairs on their oxygen atoms, however, and they can form hydrogen bonds with other molecules (alcohols, amines, etc.) that have O―H or N―H bonds.
Reference:
Ether – Wikipedia,
Ether | (C2H5)2O – PubChem