SYNTHESIS OF SULFUR-RICH POLYMERS: COPOLYMERIZATION OF EPISULFIDES AND CARBON DISULFIDE USING CHROMIUM COMPLEXES

Carbon disulfide (CS2), a sulfur-containing C1 low-cost resource analogue of CO2, has been employed as a medium to synthesize sulfur-rich polymers that can have attractive optical and electrical features and also biocompatibility [1, 2]. In this work, the copolymerization of two different episulfides (propylene sulfide PS and cyclohexene sulfide CHS) and CS2 to afford polytritiocarbonates materials has been studied.