2-氨基吡啶镍配合物/MAO高活性催化β-蒎烯聚合研究

合成了一系列2-氨基吡啶镍配合物(2-PyCH2NAr)NiBr,Ar=2,6-二甲基苯基(a),2,6-二异丙基苯基(b),2,6-二氟苯基(c).在助催剂甲基铝氧烷(MAO)存在下,该系列配合物能高活性催化β-蒎烯聚合,得到的聚β-蒎烯分子量明显比传统正离子聚合所得到的聚合物高.对配合物配体结构以及聚合条件对该聚合的催化活性以及聚合物分子量的影响进行了研究.所得聚合物经1H-NMR和13C-NMR分析表明,β-蒎烯聚合是通过正离子方式进行的,聚合中产生开环异构化,得到由环己烯和异丁烷结构单元交替组成的聚β-蒎烯.     

β环糊精对苯乙烯无皂乳液聚合的影响

以苯乙烯为单体,过硫酸钾为引发剂,研究了β环糊精对无皂乳液聚合反应的影响.结果表明,环糊精的引入可以大大加快反应速度,提高单体转化率,并且反应速度随环糊精加入量的增加而增大;同时,环糊精的引入能够减小制得的聚合物微球的粒度分布,使聚合物微球的粒径大小更加均匀,而对粒径的影响不是很大.动力学分析的结果表明,环糊精可以提高单体的反应活性.当环糊精/单体比例增大到0.2时,单体反应活性是空白体系的3.3倍.     

Dispersion polymerization of styrene in ethanol: Monomer partitioning behavior and locus of polymerization

A thermodynamic model has been proposed for the simulation of monomer partitioning behavior in the dispersion polymerization of styrene in ethanol. The monomer concentration in the polymer particles is very low (20 vol% at 5% conversion) and decreases further as the polymerization proceeds. It is independent of stabilizer concentration but is strongly dependent on initial monomer concentration. The partitio n coefficient ([M_p]/[M_c]) of styrene increases from 0.8 to 1.1 with incresing conversion. There are two polymerization loci in dispersion polymerization, namely the continuous and polymer phases. Competition between solution and heterogeneous polymerization has been observed in this system. The rate of dispersion polymerization is dependent on initial monomer concentration but is independent of initiator concentration at higher conversions. The molecular weight of the polymers produced by this process increases with increasing conversion and decreases with increasing initiator concentration.     

Sterically stabilized emulsion polymerization of styrene: Pseudo‐semicontinuous approach

The sterically stabilized emulsion polymerization of styrene initiated by a water‐soluble initiator at different temperatures has been investigated. The rate of polymerization (R_p) versus conversion curve shows the two non‐stationary‐rate intervals typical for the polymerization proceeding under non‐stationary‐state conditions. The shape of the R_p versus conversion curve results from two opposite effects—the increased number of particles and the decreased monomer concentration at reaction loci as the polymerization advances. At elevated temperatures the monomer emulsion equilibrates to a two‐phase or three‐phase system. The upper phase is transparent (monomer), and the lower one is blue colored, typical for microemulsion. After stirring such a multiphase system and initiation of polymerization, the initial coarse polymer emulsion was formed. The average size of monomer/polymer particles strongly decreased up to about 40% conversion and then leveled off. The initial large particles are assumed to be highly monomer‐swollen particles formed by the heteroagglomeration of unstable polymer particles and monomer droplets. The size of the “highly monomer” swollen particles continuously decreases with conversion, and they merge with the growing particles at about 40–50% conversion. The monomer droplets and/or large highly monomer‐swollen polymer particles also serve as a reservoir of monomer and emulsifier. The continuous release of nonionic (hydrophobic) emulsifier from the monomer phase increases the colloidal stability of primary particles and the number of polymer particles, that is, the particle nucleation is shifted to the higher conversion region. Variations of the square and cube of the mean droplet radius with aging time indicate that neither the coalescence nor the Ostwald ripening is the main driving force for the droplet instability. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 804–820, 2003     

Radiation-induced polymerization at high dose rate. VI. Butadiene in n-hexane solution

Polymerization of butadiene by electron-beam irradiation was studied in n-hexane solution. Kinetic features of the polymerization and microstructure of the product were similar to those in bulk polymerization, which indicated a cationic mechanism. Both the rate of polymerization and average molecular weight of the product decreased by about 20% in the solution system. Soluble polymer was obtained up to ca. 40% conversion at the monomer concentration of 50 mol%, whereas in the bulk system the gel formed in polymer conversion exceeded 10%. A kinetic equation was proposed to explain the change in rate of polymerization with the monomer concentration.     

Synthesis of block and graft copolymers of β-pinene and styrene by transformation of living cationic polymerization to atom transfer radical polymerization

The transformations of living cationic polymerization to ATRP to form the block and graft copolymers of β-pinene with styrene were performed. Poly(β-pinene) carrying benzyl chloride terminal [poly(β-p)StCl] was prepared by capping the living poly(β-pinene), which was obtained with 1-phenylethyl chloride/TiCl₄/Ti(OiPr)₄/nBu₄NCl initiating system, with a few units of styrene. Poly(β-p)StCl, in conjunction with CuCl and bpy, could initiate the ATRP of styrene and gave well-defined block copolymer of β-pinene and styrene. In contrast, tert-alkyl-chlorine-capped poly(β-pinene) [poly(β-p)Cl] obtained by living cationic polymerization of β-pinene per se without capping of styrene gave a mixture of desired block copolymers and unreacted poly(β-p)Cl due to the low initiating reactivity of poly(β-p)Cl. Brominated poly(β-pinene) synthesized by the quantitative bromination of poly(β-pinene) using NBS was also used to initiate the ATRP of styrene in the presence of CuBr and bpy to prepare the graft copolymer of β-pinene and styrene. The first-order kinetic characteristic and linear increment of molecule weight with the increasing of monomer conversion indicated the living nature of this ATRP grafting.     

RAFT聚合合成一种即含甲酰基又含手性β-蒎烯单元聚合物

设计并合成了一种新型含甲酰基同时又含β-蒎烯单元的新单体2-β-蒎氧基-5-乙烯基苯甲醛(POVB),选择苯基双硫代乙酸1-苯基乙酯(PEPDA)为RAFT试剂、以AIBN为引发剂、在60℃下THF中实现了POVB的"活性"/可控RAFT自由基聚合.单体浓度半对数ln([M]0/[M])与聚合时间符合线性关系,聚合过程呈现一级动力学特征;聚合物分子量(Mn)随单体转化率几乎线性增加,而且整个反应过程中分子量分布(Mw/Mn1.2)保持在较窄的范围.1H-NMR的分析进一步证实了聚合物链的末端精细结构.此外,CD谱结果表明手性单元β-蒎烯基能赋予聚合物以光学活性.     

Bulk polymerization of α-chloroacrylonitrile

Poly-α-chloroacrylonitrile, which may be regarded as a hybrid of poly(vinyl chloride) and polyacrylonitrile, is, like these polymers, insoluble in its own monomer. Its bulk polymerization is thus heterogeneous, showing abnormal kinetic features by comparison with homogeneous polymerizations. The polymerization exhibits autocatalytic properties. The initiator exponents at 0 and 5% polymerization are 0.45 and 0.44, respectively, and the overall energy of activation is 23.0 ± 2 Kcal./mole. There is no significant change in molecular weight with catalyst concentration in the range 0.057–0.90% nor with conversion up to 12%, but the reaction is accelerated by addition of polymer. Bulk polymerization results in colored products, the color deepening with conversion. These results have been compared with those of Bamford and Jenkins for acrylonitrile and Bengough and Norrish for vinyl chloride and are found to be in closer accord with the latter. They can be accounted for satisfactorily by Bengough and Norrish's suggestion that transfer occurs between growing polymer radicals and dead polymer molecules, the radicals thus formed on the surface of the polymer being removed by transfer to monomer.     

Four-center type photopolymerization in the solid state. II. Polymerization mechanism of 2,5-distyrylpyrazine

The polymerization mechanism of trans,trans-2,5-distyrylpyrazine (DSP) has been investigated and some crystal changes along with the polymerization process have been observed through polarizing microscope and x-ray diffraction pattern. Information has been obtained on the active species, polymerization reaction type, and other factors such as light intensity, reaction temperature, or crystalline state. The polymerization of DSP occurs only in the solid state by photoirradiation. Reduced viscosity increases gradually with the increase of conversion and increases sharply above 80% conversion. Polymerization rate increases with the increase of light intensity and temperature. On the other hand, reduced viscosity decreases with the increase of temperature but does not depend on light intensity within the range investigated. The polymer obtained at low conversion as well as at high conversion has high crystallinity, and the direction of polymer axes is simply related to that of monomer crystal. It was concluded that the four-center type polymerization of DSP proceeds topochemically by a photochemically induced stepwise mechanism.     

Solid-state polymerization of long-chain vinyl compounds. I. Effect of molecular arrangement on polymerizability of octadecyl methacrylate

γ-Ray-initiated postpolymerization of octadecyl methacrylate in polymorphic crystals and melt has been investigated to clarify the effect of molecular arrangement of the monomer on polymerizability. From thermal, x-ray, and infrared (IR) analyses this long-chain monomer exhibited three crystalline modifications that we refer to as α-, sub-α, and β-forms. The β-form (mp 28.7–29.7°C), which is obtainable from solution, is a stable state with triclinic chain packing. The α-form (mp 19.5–20.0°C), which is obtained first from the melt but transforms into β-form on storing, is a metastable state with hexagonal chain packing. The sub-α-form appears transiently in α→β transition. The polymerizability of octadecyl methacrylate in the β-form is extremely low, whereas the α-form can polymerize easily and the initial polymerization rate, saturated conversion, and polymer molecular weights increase with temperature. Polymerizability in the molten state at fairly high temperature is rather low, however. Thus maximum polymerizability is obtained just above the melting point of α-form. It has been found that particular orientation and suitable packing mode with some freedom of rotational motion of the monomer molecules in layered structure accelerate the polymerization reaction.     

Novel synthesis of photocrosslinkable polymers

A new preparative route to photocrosslinkable polymers in which the polymers are produced directly from the polymerization of vinyl monomers having photocrosslinkable groups has been investigated. The photosensitive resins thus produced have higher sensitivity and resolution than conventional photosensitive resins. The monomers were synthesized from the esterification of vinylphenols or vinyl β-chloroethyl ether with cinnamic acid, β-styrylacrylic acid, and their homologs, and from the etherification of vinyl β-chloroethyl ether with hydroxychalcones. Homopolymerizations of these monomers and their copolymerizations with other comonomers were investigated with the use of both radical and ionic initiators. It is shown that radical polymerization of the monomers gave soluble polymers only at low conversion. Anionic initiators did not initiate polymerization. Cationic polymerization imparted soluble polymers in high yield, except for the monomers bearing cyano groups, which generally gave insoluble polymers. Infrared and NMR spectroscopic investigation of the cationically obtained soluble polymers and comparative investigation by cationic polymerization of model compounds indicated that polymerization of the monomers proceeds through the vinyl double bond without affecting the photosensitive unsaturated bond. Thus, linear photocrosslinkable polymers with an intact photoreactive group may be produced by cationic polymerization. In general, these polymers have uniform structure and modifiable physical properties depending on the monomer used. The polymer thus obtained from β-vinyloxyethyl cinnamate has been shown to have excellent properties for use as a photo-resist.     

Mechanism of the polymerization of trifluoroacetaldehyde initiated by azobisisobutyronitrile

The polymerization of fluoral initiated by the photolyzed decomposition of azobisisobutyronitrile at low temperature has been studied. Up to 2% conversion, the effect of radical scavengers and the order with respect to initiator and light intensity indicate that the reaction occurs by a conventional radical polymerization mechanism. At about 2% conversion autoacceleration sets in and the rates become irreproducible. This is explained by typical occlusion phenomena. Tracer studies show that polymer prepared at high conversion contains initiator fragments indicating that primary propagation is by monomer addition to radicals. The reaction mechanism is discussed.     

Ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide and preparation of its microsphere in supercritical fluids

The ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide initiated by stannous octoate was carried out in supercritical chlorodifluoromethane (scR22) at various reaction conditions (time and temperature) and reactant concentrations (initiator, monomer, and solvent). The monomer conversion increased to ca. 70% on increasing the reaction time to 1 h. The molecular weight of the poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) product also increased to ca. 160,000 g x mol(-1) over the same period. Increasing reaction temperature from 90 to 130 degrees C resulted in increased monomer conversion and PLLA molecular weight. A series of polymerizations conducted at various 1-dodecanol and stannous octoate concentrations suggested that stannous octoate does not act as an initiator by itself, and that the tin-alkoxide formed from 1-dodecanol and stannous octoate serves as the initiating species in scR22. While enhancements of the monomer conversion and PLLA molecular weight were observed with increasing monomer concentration, the chlorodifluoromethane concentration had the opposite on both. After the polymerization, PLLA microspheres were prepared in situ by using a continuous supercritical antisolvent process without residual organic solvent and monomer to yield highly purified microspheres for environmental and biomedical applications.     

Relative Rates of Branching in Emulsion and Miniemulsion Polymerization

This communication describes the potential advantages of using a miniemulsion rather than an emulsion process for the polymerization of synthetic rubbers in which the polymerization is ended (short‐stopped) considerably before full conversion in order to limit excessive branching brought on by a high polymer‐to‐monomer ratio in the polymer particles. Because the polymer‐to‐monomer ratio in the particle at low monomer conversion is much lower in a miniemulsion, a miniemulsion can be polymerized to a significantly higher conversion than a conventional emulsion while maintaining an equivalent degree of branching. Short‐stopping at a higher monomer conversion will result in substantially reduced processing costs associated with recovery and recycle of unpolymerized monomer.     

Radical polymerization in homogenized butyl acrylate emulsion

The addition of a small amount of monomer strongly decreased the clouding temperature of nonionic emulsifier (Tween 20). The clouding temperature of the Tween 20 aqueous solution was independent of emulsifier concentration but it strongly varied in the presence of monomer. The decreased cloud temperature was attributed to the penetration of monomer molecules into the interfacial layer that increased the flocculation of microdroplets (monomer-swollen micelles). The surface tension of homogenized ((mini)emulsion) butyl acrylate aqueous emulsion was much smaller than that estimated at or above CMC of Tween 20. The polymerization rate vs. conversion curve of the (mini)emulsion deviates from the three rate intervals typical for the emulsion polymerisation. The shape of the rate-conversion curve reminds more the four rate intervals curve. Interval 2 is overlapped with the initial maximal rate and rate shoulder at higher conversion. The initial maximal polymerization rate (R_p,max,1) is attributed to the abrupt increase in polymer particles, the polymerization under monomer saturated condition and emulsifier containing peroxide groups (Tw_peroxid 20). The rate of emulsion polymerization of BA initiated by ammonium peroxodisulphate (APS) is ca. by one order of magnitude larger than that of blank polymerization (without APS). The second maximal rate (rate shoulder) can result from the gel effect. The more pronounced increase in R_p,max,1 with Tw 20 concentration supports the presence of peroxide groups. The slight dependence of R_p,max,2 on [Tw 20] for both APS and DBP (dibenzoyl peroxide) is discussed in terms of the depressed radical entry rate into the close packed surface later of polymer particles. The low activation energy is attributed to the decreased barrier for entering radicals into the polymer particles with increasing temperature. This is more pronounced with the accumulation of covalently bound emulsifier moieties (resulting from Tw_peroxid 20) at the particle surface. The ratio of the final number of polymer particles to the initial number of monomer droplets (N_p/N_drop) promotes the partial monomer droplet nucleation. The dye approach indicates that the degree of depletion of monomer droplets decreases from the classical emulsion polymerization to the polymerization in pre-homogenized emulsions and the emulsion polymerization with a prolonged-emulsification interval.     

Development of an ab initio emulsion atom transfer radical polymerization: from microemulsion to emulsion

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been successfully extended to an ab initio emulsion system using a "two-step" procedure, in which the final emulsion polymerization system was formed by adding monomer to an ongoing microemulsion ATRP. The newly developed AGET (activators generated by electron transfer) initiation technique was employed in the first stage of this ab initio ATRP. It allows using oxidatively stable Cu(II) species that is reduced in situ by ascorbic acid. The surfactant concentration in the final emulsion system was efficiently decreased to approximately 2 wt % (approximately 10 wt % vs monomer) by decreasing the catalyst concentration and changing the ratio of the monomer added at the microemulsion stage to the monomer added during the second stage. This two-step procedure avoids the necessity of transporting catalysts through the aqueous media during polymerization, resulting in a controlled emulsion polymerization, as evidenced by a linear first-order kinetic plot and formation of a polymer with a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn = 1.2-1.4). The polymerization typically reached 70-90% monomer conversion in 5-6 h. The resulting polymer had high chain-end functionality and was successfully chain extended to form in situ block copolymers by adding the second monomer to an ongoing emulsion polymerization. The stable latex from the ab initio emulsion ATRP had a particle size approximately 120 +/- 10 nm.     

Stereospecific polymerization of methacrylonitrile. II. Influence of polymerization conditions on polymerization and on properties of polymers

Stereospecific polymerization of methacrylonitrile with diethylmagnesium has been studied. Polymerization temperature has an important effect on polymerization. The conversion, stereoregularity, and intrinsic viscosity of the polymer increased significantly with increasing polymerization temperature. Stereoregularity of the polymer improved with increasing the polymerization time and the monomer concentration, but it is independent of the catalyst concentration. Intrinsic viscosity of the crystalline polymer increased with increasing monomer concentration but is independent of the polymerization time and the catalyst concentration. It is suggested that two mechanisms are involved in this polymerization: coordinated anionic polymerization to from the crystalline polymer, and probably conventional anionic polymerization to form the amorphous polymer. It is found that crystalline polymer can also be obtained in homogeneous phase such as in tetrahydrofuran solvent.     

Emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate. II

The emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate was investigated at low ionic strengths and has quite unusual kinetics. The rate of polymerization is dependent on the initiator concentration to the first power and independent of soap concentration. In seeded polymerizations, the rate of polymerization depends on initiator to the 0.8 power, particle concentration to the 0.2 power, and monomer volume to 0.35 power. In all cases the rate of polymerization is almost independent of monomer concentration in the particles until 85–90% conversion. These results were rationalized by the following mechanism: (a) polymerization initiates in the aqueous phase because of the solubility of the monomer and is stabilized there by adsorption of ionic soap on the growing polymer molecule; (b) the growing polymer is swept up by a particle at a degree of polymerization (under our conditions) of about 50–200. Growth continues in the particle. This sweep-up is activation-controlled as both particle and polymer are charged. (c) Chain transfer to the acetyl group of monomer gives a new small radical which cyclizes to the water-soluble butyrolactonyl radical, and reinitiates polymerization in the aqueous phase; (d) the main termination step is reaction of an uncharged butyrolactonyl radical with a growing aqueous polymer radical. A secondary reaction at low ionic strength is sweep-up of an aqueous radical by a particle containing a radical. At high ionic strength, this is the major termination step. The unusual kinetic steps are justified by data from the literature. They are combined with the usual mechanisms operating for vinyl acetate polymerization and kinetic equations are derived and integrated. The integral equations were compared with the experimental data and shown to match it almost completely over the whole range of experimental variables.     

Evidence for and against concentration gradients in polymerizing latex particles

A single-charge emulsion polymerization involving a monomer which is a good solvent for its polymer is considered. It is shown to be unlikely that within the polymerizing latex particles there are concentration gradients large enough measurably to affect the kinetics of the reaction. The average displacement of monomers due to Brownian motion within the latex particles and in the absence of concentration gradients is calculated. This diffusive mean free path, corresponding to an interval involving less than 1% change in conversion, is shown to be much longer than the radius of the latex particle. Consequently, loci where monomer concentration is perturbed by conversion to polymer are immediately swamped by unreacted monomer. Also, direct experimental evidence exists showing that the monomer concentration in latex particles is about the same when nonpolymerizing latex particles are saturated or during polymerization in the presence of monomer excess. The thermodynamics of saturation swelling preclude the possibility of the existence of large concentration gradients. The arguments that have been advocated in the literature for core–skin separation within polymerizing latex particles were based on conversion data which were thought to be linear with time, while a reexamination indicates that they were not. The observed core–skin separation obtained when butadiene or tritiated styrene were copolymerized with styrene in the presence of a polystyrene homopolymer seed latex has questionable relevance to single-charge homopolymerization. There are reasons to doubt that the distribution of co-monomers within latex particles can be frozen by their conversion to polymers in a two-stage emulsion polymerization.     

Reactive surfactants in heterophase polymerization

The mechanism for the formation of polymer particles in the dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate and styrene in alcohol-water mixtures has been investigated. Methacrylic based poly(ethylene oxide) macromonomers and poly(vinyl-pyrrolidone) have been used as steric stabilizers. Dynamic light scattering as well as transmission electron microscopy have been applied to determine the evolution of the average particle size at the beginning of the polymerization. Stable nuclei from 80 to 400 nm in diameter size were detected. The nucleation process was quite rapid and completed within less thanca. 0.1% monomer conversion. The experimental results are compared with those predicted by the multibin kinetics model for coalescence developed by Paine [(1990) Macromolecules 23: 3109].A series of publication from the EU program Human Capital and Mobility (CHRX CT 93-0159)