Structural characterization of unsaturated polyesters

Abstract

Abstract A few unsaturated polysters prepared by melt polycondensation of maleic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, and aliphatic glycols in different proportions have been characterized. The salient features of the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra of the polyesters and of model compounds are compared. It appears that from 15 to 20% of maleic acid residues have reacted with excess glycol to yield branching points while the remaining free olefinic double bonds have undergone cis → trans isomerization almost quantitatively along the oligomeric chains.