相转移催化法合成芳基-烷基醚

芳香族醚类合成的经典方法通常采用Williamson^[1]法.该法反应条件比较苛刻,某些醚类的产率较低.相转移催化法合成醚类已有不少报导^[2-4].由于相转移催化法具有反应温度低、产率高、操作简单等优点,引起了人们的重视.我们应用相转移催化法,按下述反应合成了十一种芳基-烷基醚,其中Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ为新的化合物.     

Atom‐Transfer Radical Polymerization of 2‐(N,N‐Dimethylamino)ethyl Acrylate

ATRP of 2‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate (DMAEA) was investigated using CuBr or CuCl with different multidentate ligands. The catalyst was found active for DMAEA polymerization when ligated with tris[2‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)ethyl]amine. Good control over molecular weight was achieved, but quaternization of the terminal monomeric/polymeric tertiary amine by the C Br group of polyDMAEA caused chain termination. Using a chloride‐based system helped to suppress chain termination. Amphiphilic poly(methyl acrylate)‐block‐polyDMAEA was synthesized using polyMA as a macroinitiator.

Molecular weights and polydispersities of polyDMAEA versus DMAEA conversion for different catalyst systems.     

Continuous solution copolymerization of ethylene and octene-1 with constrained geometry metallocene catalyst

The solution copolymerization of ethylene (1) with octene-1 (2) in Isopar E using constrained geometry catalyst system, [C₅Me₄(SiMe₂N^tBu)]TiMe₂ (CGC-Ti)/tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron (TPFPB)/modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO), has been carried out in a high-temperature, high-pressure continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) at 140°C, 500 psig and with a mean residence time of 4 min. A series of copolymer samples with octene-1 content up to 0.337 mole fraction were synthesized and characterized. The estimated reactivity ratios were r₁ = 7.90 and r₂ = 0.099. The CGC-Ti showed a higher ability to incorporate high α-olefins than other metallocene catalysts investigated in the literature due to its open structure. The presence of octene-1 lowered the catalyst activity, particularly at octene-1 levels higher than 0.45 mole fraction. Octene-1 was also found to reduce the molecular weight of polymer and broaden the molecular weight distributions. The triad distributions were measured by ¹³C-NMR. A minor penultimate effect was observed. The penultimate octene-1 unit appeared to slow down monomer insertion rates. A comparison of the propagation rate of octene-1 with the incorporation rate of macromonomer in the homopolymerization of ethylene suggests that the addition of macromonomer is effectively instantaneous after it is generated with diffusion to or from the active center reaction volume playing a minor role. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 2949–2957, 1999     

Polymer coupling and theory of on-random crosslinking: an analytical solution

Gel formation is an important feature in free-radical polymer coupling. Due to the different possible combination reactivities of each polymer backbone radical, polymer chains are crosslinked in a non-random manner. Equations of the moments have been derived to predict the pregel molecular weight development and the crosslink density at gel point. This work provides an analytical solution for the differential equations. The model agrees with the Flory-Stockmayer gelation theory under the condition of random crosslinking. The magnitude of deviations from the classical theory for non-random crosslinking depends on the product of the radical termination reactivity ratios (r₁r₂), the ratio of the rate constants of backbone radical generation (k), the ratio of the weight-average chain lengths of primary polymers (y), and the polymer weight fractions (w₂).     

Synthesis and Characterization of Long‐Chain‐Branched Polyolefins with Metallocene Catalysts: Copolymerization of Ethylene with Poly(ethylene‐co‐propylene) Macromonomer

Poly(ethylene‐co‐propylene) macromonomer (EPM) was synthesized in a high‐temperature continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with [C₅Me₄(SiMe₂N^tBu)]TiMe₂ (CGC‐Ti) as the catalyst system. PE samples with EPM long chain branching (LCB) were produced by semi‐batch copolymerization of ethylene and EPM with CGC‐Ti. The LCB frequencies were up to 21.8 EPM side chains per PE backbone. The effects of temperature and ethylene pressure on the degree of EPM grafting and catalyst activity were examined.

Incorporation of EPM into a growing PE chain forming an LCB polymer.     

Modeling of molecular weight development in atom transfer radical polymerization

A kinetic model has been developed for atom transfer radical polymerization processes using the method of moments. This model predicts monomer conversion, number‐average molecular weight and polydispersity of molecular weight distribution. It takes into account the effects of side reactions including bimolecular radical termination and chain transfers. The determining parameters include the ratios of the initiator, catalyst and monomer concentrations, as well as the ratios of the rate constants of propagation, termination, transfer and the equilibrium constant between radicals and their dormant species. The effects of these parameters on polymer chain properties are systematically simulated. The results show that an ideal living radical polymerization exhibiting a linear relationship between number‐average molecular weight versus conversion and polydispersity approaching unity is only achievable under the limiting condition of slow monomer propagation and free of radical termination and transfers. Improving polymerization rate usually accompanies a loss of this linearity and small polydispersity. For polymerization systems having a slow initiation, the dormant species exercise a retention effect on chain growing and tend to narrow the molecular weight distribution. Increasing catalyst concentration accelerates the initiation rate and thus decreases the polydispersities. It is also shown that for a slow initiation system, delaying monomer addition helps to reduce the polydispersities. Radical termination and transfers not only slow down the monomer conversion rates but also broaden polymer molecular weight distributions. Under the limiting conditions of fast propagation and termination and slow initiation, the model predicts the conventional free radical polymerization behaviors.     

钙钛矿氧化物CaRu0.5Ti0.5O3中Ti掺杂诱导的铁磁性和自旋玻璃态

有钙钛矿结构的钌氧化物是一种典型的电子关联体系, 对其化学掺杂后将表现出丰富的新奇磁学性质. 我们采用传统的固相反应法制备了钙钛矿型 CaRu0 .5Ti0 .5 O3 块材(CRTO) . 相比于母体材料 CaRuO3 的顺磁性,CRTO 表现出截然不同的铁磁-顺磁转变, 居里温度为45 K. 根据对 CRTO 的晶体结构分析, 我们发现 Ti 元素的掺杂会导致氧八面体旋转畸变的减弱, 可能导致 Ru 离子之间的交换作用变强. 我们同时还进行了场冷-零场冷条件下的磁矩-温度测量和交流磁化率测量, 发现该体系出现了类自旋玻璃态.     

On Geometric Realization of the General Manakov System

It is well-known that the general Manakov system is a 2-components nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation with 4 nonzero real parameters. The analytic property of the general Manakov system has been well-understood though it looks complicated. This paper devotes to exploring geometric properties of this system via the prescribed curvature representation in the category of Yang-Mills’ theory. Three models of moving curves evolving in the symmetric Lie algebras u(2, 1) = k_α ⊕ m_α(α =...     

Modeling and semi‐batch control of cross‐link density distribution in the free‐radical copolymerization of vinyl/divinyl monomers

A general model has been developed to describe the cross‐link density development during the free radical copolymerization of vinyl/divinyl monomers. The conventional copolymerization theory based on the terminal model is applied to the cross‐linking system in a novel way. The cross‐link density profile is illustrated for both batch and standard semi‐batch processes. A new semi‐batch feed procedure is proposed that results in a uniform cross‐link density throughout the reaction.     

Molecular weight distribution of metallocene polymerization with long chain branching using a binary catalyst system

In metallocene polymerization, termination by β-hydride elimination generates polymer chains containing unsaturated vinyl groups at their chain ends. Further polymerization of these macromonomers produces branched polymers. Material properties of the branched polymers not only depend on molecular weight and branching density, but also on chain structure. This work presents analytical expressions to predict the bivariate distribution of molecular weight and branching density for polymer chains having dendritic and comb structures. It is shown that when a single metallocene catalyst is used the formation of dendritic polymers is favored with only a very small fraction of highly branched chains assuming comb structure. The use of a binary catalyst system is therefore proposed to obtain high content of comb polymers. One catalyst generates macromonomers and the other yields in-situ branching. It is found that the comb polymers give much narrower molecular weight distributions than dendritic polymers with same branching densities.