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Polysodiumoxy(methyl)siloxane is a highly functional polymer matrix that can be used for the preparation of both functional and non-functional polymers, including molecular brushes. To determine the molecular weight parameters of the matrix, as well as its chemical structure, it is necessary to develop an effective method of blocking functional (in our case, sodiumoxy) groups due to their high reactivity. At the same time, the blocking product should represent a complete non-functionalized replica of polysodiumoxy(methyl)siloxane. Since the obtained polysodiumoxy(methyl)siloxane can contain both sodium- and hydroxy groups in its composition, the presence of both types of functional groups should be considered in the blocking process. In this work, we investigated the blocking process of polysodiumoxy(methyl)siloxane and the influence of blocking conditions on the blocked product. We carried out several variants of blocking, which differed in the order and method of introduction of reagents, as well as in the temperature regime. The chemical structure and molecular weight characteristics of the obtained polymers were analyzed by H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), respectively. According to the blocking results, only in one case, complete non-functionalized replicas of polysodiumoxy(methyl)siloxane were obtained, which allows this technique to be used as a tool for the analysis of complex, highly functionalized organosilicon systems.
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