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To develop new chemically recyclable polyurethane elastomers, the poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol (PTMG) containing acetal linkages (PTMG-Acetal-OH) was prepared and subjected to the polyurethane synthesis with 4,4(-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and 1,4-butanediol (BD; chain-extender). The obtained polyurethane (PTMG-Acetal-PU) shows very similar mechanical and thermal properties to those of the conventional PTMG-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (PTMG-PU). The acid treatment of PTMG-Acetal-PU at room temperature caused hydrolysis reaction of their acetal units to regenerate PTMG as a degradation product.
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