Dual functional poly(arylene ether) compounds

A capped poly(arylene ether) copolymer having the formula:

• wherein
• Q1a is a C1-C12 primary or secondary alkyl;
• Q1b is halogen, C1-C12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl, C1-C12 hydrocarbylthio, C1-C12 hydrocarbyloxy, or C2-C12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms;
• each occurrence of Q2 is independently hydrogen, halogen, unsubstituted or substituted C1-C12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl, C1-C12 hydrocarbylthio, C1-C12 hydrocarbyloxy, or C2-C12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms;
• each occurrence of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl, C1-C12 hydrocarbylthio, C1-C12 hydrocarbyloxy, or C2-C12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms;
• each occurrence of R5 is independently Q1a or a (C1-C6-hydrocarbyl)(C1-C6-hydrocarbyl)aminomethylene group;
• z is 0 or 1;
• x and y represent the relative mole ratios of the arylene ether units wherein x and y are independently 0 to 50, or e is the number of moles of the arylene ether unit;
• Y is a divalent linking group of the formula
• wherein each occurrence of Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, and Re is independently hydrogen, C1-C12 hydrocarbyl, or C1-C6 hydrocarbylene, optionally wherein Ra and Rb or Rc and Rd together are a C4-C8 alkylene group;
• and
• each occurrence of D is independently a group of the formula
• wherein
• each occurrence of G is independently C1-C12 hydrocarbylene;
• each occurrence of Q is independently C1-C6 alkylene or C6-C12 arylene, wherein a is 0 or 1;
• each occurrence of A is independently a single bond or —O—;
• each occurrence of J is independently a single bond, C1-C6 alkylene, or —(CH2)nNH(CH2)n(C═O)O— wherein n is 1 to 6;
• and
• each occurrence of Z is independently of the formula
• wherein
• Wa is O or S;
• each of R and R′ is independently hydrogen, C1-C12 hydrocarbyl, or C1-C6 hydrocarbylene, optionally wherein both R and R′ together are a C2-C8 alkylene group;
• and
• m is 0 or 1.