New Perspectives in Living/Controlled Anionic Polymerization

Summary: Control of the reactivity and selectivity of active species remains a major challenge in the course of living/controlled polymerizations of vinyl and heterocyclic monomers. We have found that alkyl metal derivatives such as dialkylmagnesium or trialkylaluminum derivatives or the corresponding alkoxyakyl metal derivatives, when added to conventional anionic polymerization systems, are very effective mediators for the controlled anionic polymerization of both styrenic and oxirane monomers. When used as additives to alkali metal alkyl initiators (alkyl lithium, alkyl sodium) for the styrene anionic polymerizations, they strongly retard the reactivity of the propagating species and allow controlling the polymerization in very unusual conditions (bulk, very high temperature). On the contrary, when used in combination to the same alkali metal based initiators for the anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, these additives can drastically enhance the reactivity and the selectivity of the propagating species allowing a fast living-like polymerization to proceed already at low temperature in hydrocarbon media.     

全氘代苯乙烯自由基本体聚合反应研究

以偶氮二异丁腈（ＡＩＢＮ）为引发剂,首次研究了高转化率下,温度,引发剂用量等对全氘代苯乙烯自由基本体聚合反应的影响。实验发现,较低的反应温度下,氘代单体聚合产物分子量随温度的升高而降低的速率大于非氘代单体;而温度高于９０℃时,升高温度对两者分子量的影响均不十分明显。     

用激基缔合物荧光研究聚苯乙烯-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯嵌段共聚物在溶液中的分子构型

聚苯乙烯在溶液中的激基缔合物荧光被发现以来一直引起人们的兴趣^{[ 1, 2]}. 聚苯乙烯激基缔合作用主要与处于基态的苯环层叠对的形成有密切关系. 其形成方式主要有(1)符合n= 3规则的相邻苯环间的相互作用.(2)主链上非相邻苯环间由于链段的卷曲而相互作用.(3)分属于不同主链上的苯环相互贯穿时的相互作用. 由于激基缔合作用是近程作用, 因此利用它研究聚合物线团在稀溶液的变化及由稀溶液到浓溶液的变化是十分有效的^{[ 3]}. 嵌段聚合物在形成胶束时, 一种聚合物分子链段形成核, 在核内大分子链段相互缠结, 相互贯穿. 而另一种聚合物分子链段形成壳, 其链段较为舒展. 因此利用激基缔合物荧光技术研究分子链段在核内的变化也应是十分有效的. 本文研究聚苯乙烯-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯嵌段共聚物体系。     

微乳液中苯乙烯聚合反应的研究

测定了十二烷基磺酸钠(As)/正丁醇/20%苯乙烯/水体系相平衡。用油溶性偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)和水溶性过二硫酸钾(K~2S~2O~8)为引发剂,研究了油包水(W/O)、双连续(BC)和水包油(O/W)型微乳液介质中苯乙烯的聚合反应。得到了苯乙烯转化率和聚苯乙烯分子量与体系水含量之间的关系,讨论了微乳液结构对聚合作用的影响。并通过电镜观察了聚苯乙烯的形貌,求得了聚苯乙烯的粒径,同时用^1HNMR研究了苯乙烯在微乳液液滴中的增溶位置,分析了聚合作用的实验结果。     

Towards Green Routes for Polymer Synthesis: Polymerization of Cyclodextrin Host‐Guest Complexed Diethyl Fumarate and Copolymerization with Complexed Styrene in Homogenous Aqueous Solution

Summary: The radical homo‐ and copolymerization of styrene ( 1 ) and diethyl fumarate (DEF, 2 ) in the presence of methylated β‐cyclodextrin (β‐CD) in water is described. It has been shown for the first time that homopolymerization of CD‐complexed DEF and its copolymerization with CD‐complexed styrene occur readily in aqueous solution. In the absence of CD, or in organic solvents, the homopolymerization of DEF is strongly retarded.

     

双-(β-酮萘胺)镍(Ⅱ)/MAO催化剂体系催化苯乙烯聚合

 采用双-(β-酮萘胺)镍(Ⅱ)为主催化剂,以甲基铝氧烷(MAO)为助催化剂,在甲苯溶剂中进行了苯乙烯聚合实验,并考察了聚合温度、Al/Ni摩尔比、单体浓度和聚合时间等因素对聚合反应的影响. 结果表明,双-(β-酮萘胺)镍(Ⅱ)/MAO催化剂显示出很高的催化活性,可催化苯乙烯聚合得到中等分子量和分子量分布较窄(Mw/Mn＜1.6)的聚苯乙烯. 采用核磁共振氢谱、核磁共振碳谱、傅里叶变换红外光谱、差示扫描量热法和广角X射线衍射技术对聚合产物进行了表征. 结果表明,所得聚合物为无规聚苯乙烯.     

Photolysis of unsubstituted and p-methoxycarbonyl substituted 2-methyl-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one copolymers in solution

A new monomer, methyl 4-(2-methyl-1-oxoprop-2-en-1-yl)benzoate (p-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl isopropenyl ketone, MeOCO-PIPK), was synthesized and copolymerized with styrene and methyl methacrylate (MMA). The copolymers of MeOCO-PIPK and 2-methyl-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one (phenyl isopropenyl ketone, PIPK) with styrene and MMA were photolyzed by deep-, mid- and near-UV light in dilute solution; and the quantum yields of scission, ϕ_g, and the UV absorption spectra were measured. The p-methoxycarbonyl substitution increased the molar extinction coefficients of the ketone monomer units extensively, but slightly lowered the ϕ_g values in styrene and MMA copolymers. This is expected to increase the net sensitivity of solid films of the polymers. The ϕ_g was found independent of the wavelength, despite the concurrent absorption by styrene units in the styrene copolymers. Larger ϕ_g values were obtained for the MMA copolymers than the corresponding styrene copolymers. Solvents with larger dielectric constants gave larger ϕ_g for the copolymer of MMA with PIPK; but when the dielectric constants were similar, lower ϕ_g values were observed in the solvents with more easily abstractable hydrogens. A large bleaching effect was seen in MMA copolymers, which should make possible the formation of resist patterns with steep profiles when used in photolithography. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Estimation of activation parameters for the propagation rate constant of styrene

For a temperature range of −11.8–92.6°C, the propagation rate constant k_p of styrene has been determined with the use of pulsed-laser polymerization (PLP). The temperature dependency of the obtained k_p data was evaluated using the Arrhenius equation. The NLLS error-in-variables method (EVM) is recommended for this fit. The resulting activation energy is 32.6 kJ mol⁻¹ and the pre-exponential factor is 10^7.66 dm³ mol⁻¹ s⁻¹. A joint confidence interval for these parameters is given. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.