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. 2021 Apr 27;11(5):400. doi: 10.3390/life11050400
Name Monomer Unit Stability in CSA Soluble in CSA Ref.
Poly (arylene ether sulfone)–PASS-4 graphic file with name life-11-00400-i001.jpg >150 days at RT Yes [123]
Poly (arylene ether sulfone) graphic file with name life-11-00400-i002.jpg >150 days at RT No [123]
Polypropylene graphic file with name life-11-00400-i003.jpg Stable at RT, oxidized at >100 °C No [124]
Kevlar(poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) graphic file with name life-11-00400-i004.jpg >3 months at RT Yes [58]
Polyaniline graphic file with name life-11-00400-i005.jpg Stable for at least a few weeks at RT Yes [125]
Polyimide V graphic file with name life-11-00400-i006.jpg Stable for at least a few days at RT Yes [126]
Polyimide VI graphic file with name life-11-00400-i007.jpg Stable for at least a few days at RT Yes [126]
Polyimide VIII graphic file with name life-11-00400-i008.jpg Stable for at least a few days at RT No [126]
Polyimide IVa graphic file with name life-11-00400-i009.jpg Stable for at least a few days at RT Yes [127]
Polyethersulfones graphic file with name life-11-00400-i010.jpg A few weeks at RT in CSA (Sulfonated in oleum at 30 °C) Yes [128,129]
Poly(phthalazinones)poly(phthalazinone-ether ketone) (PPEK) graphic file with name life-11-00400-i011.jpg >95 h at RT (sulfonated in oleum at 23 °C) Yes [130]
Poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone) (PPES) graphic file with name life-11-00400-i012.jpg Half-life to sulfonation ~50 h at 25 °C Yes [130]
Polyarylhydrazides graphic file with name life-11-00400-i013.jpg A few weeks at RT Yes [131]
Polyarylhydrazides graphic file with name life-11-00400-i014.jpg Rapidly hydrolyzed N/A [132]
Poly-Schiff’s bases graphic file with name life-11-00400-i015.jpg A few weeks at RT Slightly soluble [133]
Poly-Schiff’s bases graphic file with name life-11-00400-i016.jpg A few weeks at RT Yes [133]
Silicon polyamide graphic file with name life-11-00400-i017.jpg Stable (gave red solutions, suggesting ring protonation, i.e., long-term liability to reaction) Yes [134]
graphic file with name life-11-00400-i018.jpg Stable (gave red solutions, suggesting ring protonation, i.e., long-term liability to reaction) Yes [134]
Nylon 6 (e-caprolactam polymer)(also Nylon 2, 12) graphic file with name life-11-00400-i019.jpg At least a few days at RT (viscosity is measured in 96% H2SO4) Yes [56,57]
graphic file with name life-11-00400-i020.jpg At least a few days at RT Yes [59]
graphic file with name life-11-00400-i021.jpg At least a few days at RT No [59]
Quinoxaline ladder polymers graphic file with name life-11-00400-i022.jpg At least a few days at RT No [135]
Polyglycine graphic file with name life-11-00400-i023.jpg Limited hydrolysis on hour timescale in cold H2SO4 N/A [54,55]
PEEK graphic file with name life-11-00400-i024.jpg 50% sulfonated in 96.3% sulfuric acid at 22 °C after hours Yes [53]
Polystyrene graphic file with name life-11-00400-i025.jpg Fully sulfonated in minutes at 90 °C, 50% after 10 h at 70 °C, implies stable at RT. Unknown [136]
Polystyrene sulfonate graphic file with name life-11-00400-i026.jpg Stable for >100 h at 90 °C Yes [136]