Electronic Supplementary Information Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Novel Polyhydantoins as Gas Separation Membranes Rubén Tejero, Ángel E. Lozano, Cristina Álvarez, Javier de Abajo FIGURE S1 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Bisiminoacetate BIS-1 . FIGURE S2 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Bisiminoacetate BIS-2. FIGURE S3 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Diisocyanate DII-1. FIGURE S4 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Diisocyanates DII-2. TABLE S1 ATR-FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR in DMSO-d6 and Elemental Analysis of PHYs. FIGURE S5 ATR-FTIR Spectra of PHYs. FIGURE S6 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHYs. FIGURE S7 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHYs. FIGURE S8 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHYs. FIGURE S9 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHYs. 1 c a b CHCl 3 8 f 7 e d 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (ppm) C4 C7 C2 C1 CHCl 3 C3 200 180 160 C8 140 C6 120 C5 100 80 60 40 20 (ppm) FIGURE S1 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Bisiminoacetate BIS-1. 2 0 a b d c e,f,g h 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (ppm) C6 C5 C10,C11,C12 C1 C13 C2 C14 C9 C7 CHCl C4 200 180 160 140 120 100 (ppm) 80 3 C3 C8 60 40 20 0 FIGURE S2 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Bisiminoacetates BIS-2. 3 b a c,d,e f 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (ppm) C4 C3,C1 C9,C10 C12 C7 C2 CHCl C11 C8 C6 C5 200 180 160 140 3 120 100 80 60 40 (ppm) FIGURE S3 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of B Diisocyanates DII-1. 4 20 0 e c a b 10 9 8 7 d 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (ppm) C13 C9 C6 C10 C3 C1 CHCl C4,C5,C7, 3 C2 C12 C8 C11 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 (ppm) FIGURE S4 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in CDCl3 of Diisocyanates DII-2. 5 TABLE S1. ATR-FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR in DMSO-d6 and Elemental Analysis of PHYs. Polymer PHY-1 Frequency (cm-1) 1H, 13C C-H Ar. (3043) 8.00 (s, 1H; Ar) C-H Alif. (2900) 7.50-7.37 (m, 11H; Ar) C=O (1777) 4.63 (s, 4H; CH2) C=O (1714) 4.08 (s, 2H; CH2) NMR in DMSO-d6 Elemental Analysis C25H18N4O4 %C %H %N Calcd. 68.49 4.14 12.78 Found 66.90 4.27 12.48 %C %H %N 168.0 (2C), 153.3 (2C), 140.9 (2C), 138.6 (2C), 129.9 (2C), 129.6, 129.1 (5C), 127.0 (4C), 113.8, 108.6, 50.0 (2C), 40.3 PHY-2 C-H Ar. (3039) 7.93 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H; Ar) C44H30N4O4 CH Alif. (2911) 7.64 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H; Ar) C=O (1778) 7.52-7.25 (m, 16H; Ar) Calcd. 77.86 4.46 8.25 C=O (1717) 7.14 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 4H; Ar) Found 76.61 4.64 8.17 %C %H %N 4.55 (s, 4H; CH2) 4.03 (s, 2H; CH2) 168.1 (2C), 153.2 (2C), 150.4 (2C), 140.9 (2C), 140.8 (2C), 139.4 (2C), 136.6 (2C), 129.8 (2C), 129.1 (5C), 128.2 (3C), 127.9 (2C), 127.8 (2C), 126.9 (5C), 125.9 (2C), 120.6 (2C), 118.6 (3C), 63.9, 49.9 (2C), 40.3 PHY-3 C-H Ar. (3056) 7.95 (m, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H; Ar) C28H18N2O2 C=O (1776) 7.55 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 4H; Ar) C=O (1718) 7.46-7.28 (m, J = 7.8 Hz, 8H; Ar) Calcd. 81.14 4.38 6.76 7.14 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H; Ar) Found 78.93 4.36 6.62 %C %H %N 4.55 (s, 2H; CH2) 168.5, 153.5, 150.8, 150.3, 145.6, 141.2, 139.9, 136.9 (2C), 130.9 (2C), 128.6 (4C), 128.4 (4C), 128.2, 127.4, 126.6, 126.4, 121.1, 118.9 (2C), 64.9, 50.3 PHY-4 C-H Alif. (2961) 7.92 (m, 4H; Ar) C-H Alif. (2911) 7.71-7.32 (m, 12H; Ar) C=O (1783) 7.15 (m, 6H; Ar) Calcd. 69.40 4.54 5.49 C=O (1719) 6.93 (m, 2H; Ar) Found 68.55 4.37 5.39 4.56 (s, 4H; CH2) 1.25 (s, 18H; CH3) 6 168.2 (2C), 154.7 (2C), 152.9 (2C), 150.4(2C), 149.4 (2C), 140.9 (4C), 140.8 (4C), 139.5 (2C), 136.5 (2C), 133.1 (2C), 128.5 (q, 1J C-F = 272.5 Hz, 2C;CF3), 128.2 (6C), 125.9 (6C), 124.8 (2C), 121.2 (2C), 120.6 (q, 2JC-F = 27.9 Hz, 2C;CF3), 118.6 (6C), 63.9, 50.0 (2C), 33.9 (2C), 29.4 (6C) C59H46F6N4O6 Transmitance (%) PHY-4 PHY-3 PHY-2 PHY-1 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 Wavenumbers( cm 1500 -1 1000 500 ) FIGURE S5 ATR-FTIR Spectra of PHYs. 7 d f e H2O c g 8 a 7 6 5 DMSO b 4 3 (ppm) 2 1 0 DMSO 200 180 160 140 120 FIGURE S6 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHY-1. 8 100 (ppm) 80 60 40 20 0 d,h g j c,i e,f a H2O b 8 7 6 5 4 (ppm) DMSO 3 2 1 0 DMSO 200 180 160 140 120 100 (ppm) 80 60 40 20 0 FIGURE S7 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHY-2. 9 b, e f d g 9 8 c a 7 6 5 H2O 4 3 (ppm) DMSO 2 1 0 DMSO 200 180 160 140 120 100 (ppm) FIGURE S8 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHY-3. 10 80 60 40 20 0 b k,i,l H2O e c,j h,d f,g 8 7 DMSO a 6 5 4 3 (ppm) 2 1 0 DMSO 200 180 160 140 120 100 (ppm) 80 60 40 20 0 FIGURE S9 1H and 13C NMR Spectra in DMSO-d6 of PHY-4. 11