The product of interaction of elemental sulfur and dimethylphosphate 1,3-dimethylimidazolium is a new green initiator of formaldehyde polymerization

Interaction of 1,3-dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate and elemental sulfur synthesized a new initiator of polymerization of formaldehyde, opening the possibility of its implementation in accordance with the principles of Green chemistry. The possibility of fast oligomerization of formaldehyde in an aqueous medium with the formation of insoluble products, the structure of which is determined by FTIR, MALDI-TOF, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HSQC and HMBC spectroscopy, is shown. It was found that (phosphonooxy-)oligosulfanide anion initiates formaldehyde oligomerization by anionic mechanism with chain termination due to interaction with water. It was shown that the synthesized formaldehyde oligomers retain resistance to degradation up to a temperature of 443 K, and then slowly thermally decompose to a temperature of 513 K, above which the rate of thermal degradation increases significantly