Liquid-phase hydration process of cyclohexene with zeolites

The liquid-phase hydration process of cyclohexene into cyclohexanol with zeolite is described. The characteristic of this industrial process is that fine particles of zeolite are used in a slurry system, which offers high productivity and a simple separation system. In this process, the hydrophobic property and shape selectivity of ZSM-5 are fully utilized so as to realize an economical industrial process.     

SYNTHESIS OF CONDUCTIVE POLYANILINE VIA OXIDATION BY MnO2

A unique process of chemical oxidation polymerization of aniline using manganese dioxide (MnO2) as the oxidizing agent in an aqueous medium is described. The reaction between aniline and MnO2 follows a mechanism by which the organic monomer is oxidized while the metal oxide undergoes reductive dissolution. The effects of the amount of oxidizing agent and aniline, pH and temperature of the reactive system, type of acid on the yield and conductivity of polyaniline are discussed. The resulting polyaniline was characterized by [R and UV-Vis spectrometry. Polyaniline with a conductivity of 12.5 S/cm was obtained using 0.033 tool of aniline oxidized by 0.023 tool MnO2 in the presence of 100 mL of 2.7 mol/L HCI at 25℃ for 4 h.     

Stereocontrol in radical polymerization

The stereospecific radical polymerization of vinyl esters, methacrylates, and alpha-substituted acrylates was studied. Fluoroalcohols, as a solvent, have remarkable effects on the stereoregularity of the radical polymerizations of vinyl acetate, vinyl pivalate, and vinyl benzoate, affording polymers rich in syndiotacticity, heterotacticity, and isotacticity, respectively. This method was successfully applied to the polymerization of methacrylates to give syndiotactic polymers. The steric repulsion between the entering monomer and the chain-end monomeric unit bound by the solvent through hydrogen bonding is important for the stereochemical control in these systems. Lewis acid catalysts, such as lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonates and zinc salts, were also effective for the stereocontrol during the radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate, to reduce the syndiotacticity and alpha-(alkoxymethyl)acrylates to synthesize isotactic and syndiotactic polymers. Radical polymerization of the methacrylates bearing a bulky ester group, such as the triphenylmethyl methacrylate derivatives, gave highly isotactic polymers, as in the case of anionic polymerization. In addition, the control of one-handed helical conformation was attained in the radical polymerization of 1-phenyldibenzosuberyl methacrylate using chiral neomenthanethiol or cobalt(II) complexes as an additive.     

阳离子无皂含氟丙烯酸酯的合成与表面性能

在合成甲基丙烯酸全氟辛酰氧基乙酯(FA)基础上,用半连续法制备了无皂阳离子含氟丙烯酸酯乳液。当乳液的粒径在100~200 nm、ζ电位大于40 mV时,乳液较稳定。阳离子亲水单体甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DMC)在含氟丙烯酸酯中质量分数为0.10~0.18、固含量小于20%时乳液的稳定性好,且随DMC含量的增加稳定性提高;含氟丙烯酸酯乳胶膜的附着力与耐磨性好,乳胶膜的透湿率随DMC的增加而增加。随热处理温度的提高,膜表面自由能下降;经160℃热处理后膜发生了交联,表面自由能为18 mN/m,与聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)的表面能相近,DMC含量对膜表面自由能影响不大。XPS分析也表明膜表面氟含量随热处理温度的提高而增加。     

功能单体α-烯烃磺酸钠用于无皂乳液共聚合

用工业原料α-烯烃磺酸钠(AOS)作为功能单体与甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)和丙烯酸丁酯(BA)进行了乳液共聚合,通过测定AOS与MAA的竞聚率,确定了适宜的聚合方式为连续加料法.使用5%AOS制备了高固含量(>60%)的胶乳,并与用十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)作乳化剂时该体系的乳液共聚合进行了比较.AOS是影响乳液稳定性和胶粒大小的主要因素,当AOS含量为单体总质量的1%时可以得到固含量大于40%粒径小于100 nm的乳液;当AOS含量为5%时可以得到固含量大于60%的乳液.两种情况下胶粒粒径分散性均较窄,明显优于同样条件下用SDS制备的胶乳.使用1%AOS制得的胶乳静置1年后粒径及其分布基本保持不变.     

Synthesis of substituted polymethylenes by radical polymerization of N,N,N′,N′-tetraalkylfumaramides and their characterization

Radical polymerization of N,N,N′,N′-tetraalkylfumaramides (TRFAm) bearing methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, and isobutyl groups as N-substituents (TMFAm, TEFAm, TnPFAm, TIPFAm, and TIBFAm, respectively) was investigated. In the polymerization of TEFAm initiated with 1,1′-azobiscyclohexane-1-carbonitrile (ACN) in benzene, the polymerization rate (R_p) was expressed as follows: R_p = k [ACN]^0.28 [TEFAm]^1.26, and the overall activation energy was 102.1 kJ/mol. The introduction of a bulky alkyl group into N-substituent of TRFAm decreased the R_p in the following order: TMFAm > TEFAm > TnPFAm > TIBFAm > TIPFAm ～ 0. The relative reactivities of these monomers were also investigated in radical copolymerization with styrene (St) and methyl methacrylate (MMA). In copolymerization of TRFAm (M₂) with St (M₁), monomer reactivity ratios were determined to be r₁ = 1.07 and r₂ = 0.20 for St–TMFAm, and r₁ = 1.88 and r₂ = 0.11 for St–TEFAm, from which Q₂ and e₂ values were estimated to be 0.35 and 0.44 for TMFAm, and 0.19 and 0.47 for TEFAm, respectively. The other TRFAm were also copolymerized with St, but copolymerization with MMA gave polymers containing a small amount of TRFAm units. The polymer from TRFAm consists of a less-flexible poly(N,N-dialkylaminocarbonylmethylene) structure. The solubility and thermal property of the polymers were also investigated.     

Synthesis and characterization of thiophene‐substituted N‐phenyl maleimide polymers by photoinduced radical polymerization

Two types of novel functionalized N‐[4‐(4′‐hydroxyphenyloxycarbonyl)phenyl]maleimide and N‐(4‐{[2‐(3‐thienyl)acetyl]oxyphenyl}oxycarbonylphenyl)maleimide (MIThi) were synthesized starting from 4‐maleimido benzoic acid. Photoinduced radical homopolymerization of MIThi and its copolymerization with styrene were performed at room temperature to give linear polymers containing pendant thienyl moieties using ω,ω‐dimethoxy‐ω‐phenylacetophenone as an initiator. Copolymers' compositions and the equilibrium constant (K) for electron donor–acceptor complex formation suggest an alternating nature of the copolymerization. The monomer reactivity ratios and Alfrey–Price Q,e values were also determined. The thermal behavior of the new synthesized monomers and polymers was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 995–1004, 2002     

Structural changes in the monomeric despentapeptide (B30-B26) insulin crystal

Insulin modified by the removal of its 5 B chain C terminal residues is monomeric but remains substantially potent. The crystal structures of the beef and insulin (dpi) with two molecules in the asymmetric unit has been determined by x-ray analysis. The 3-dimensional structure ofdpi proves to be generally similar to that of native molecule in 2Zn insulin. More detailed comparison reveals that the slight differences in the two independent molecules of beefdpi are distributed uniformly throughout the structure in contrast to insulin in 2Zn insulin, where the structural changes are concentrated in specific regions. The loss of symmetry in thedpi crystal appears to be the inability of the A9 serine to pack effectively in the C2 cell. The efficient packing of the sheepdpi molecule whose crystal structure has also been determined and where A9 is glycine supports this conclusion.     

A revised quantum chemistry-based potential for poly(ethylene oxide) and its oligomers in aqueous solution

We have conducted a high-level quantum chemistry study of the interactions of 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) with water for complexes representing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic hydration. It was found that our previous quantum chemistry-based force field for poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and its oligomers in aqueous solution did a poor job in describing the hydrophobic binding of water to the ether, consistent with our recent calculations of the excess free energy and entropy of hydration of DME. Our original force field was revised to more accurately reproduce the interaction of water with the carboneous portions of DME. Molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous DME solutions using the revised quantum chemistry-based potential yielded good agreement with experiment for excess free energy, enthalpy, and volume as well as excess solution viscosity and the self-diffusion of water. Comparison with our original potential revealed that the relatively hydrophobic ether-water interactions in the new potential strongly reduced the favorable excess free energy and enthalpy but have relatively little influence on the excess entropy for dilute DME solutions. Other properties of DME and PEO solutions including conformational populations and dynamics, solution viscosity, hydrogen bonding, water translational and rotational diffusion and neutron structure factor as a function of solution composition were found to be largely unchanged from those obtained using the original potential.     

4-乙酰氨基-4’-甲基丙烯酰氨基-二苯基甲烷的合成及其聚合

N-芳基丙烯酰胺是-类功能性单体,它能与丙烯酸酯类单体进行自由基共聚合。本文以4,4'-二氨基二苯基甲烷为起始原料,合成了新的带有较长侧基的甲基丙烯酰胺类单体,即4-乙酰氨基-4'-甲基丙烯酰氨基-二苯基甲烷(AMDPM)。它能进行自由基聚合或与丙烯酸甲酯(MA)共聚合。