~(13)C核磁共振研究稀土催化剂聚合双烯的机理

用~(13)C-NMR 方法测定了稀土顺丁二烯和聚异戊二烯链端结构及序列结构,从链端结构推测的聚合活性链端结构与前文是一致的。在聚异戊二烯中存在着“头-头”和“尾-尾”结构,这种结构引起活性链端甲基位置的改变,从而解释了稀土异戊二烯中3,4-链节的形成。测定了不同聚合温度对聚合物中顺、反结构含量的影响,可用活性链端的 anti-syn异构化加以解释。     

用IR、~1H和~(13)C-NMR研究聚戊二烯-1,3结构

用IR、~1H和~(13)C-NMR方法研究了环烷酸钕催化聚戊二烯-1,3的链节结构和序列分布。结果表明,聚合物含有约70％顺-1,4,25％反-1,2和5％反-1,4结构。确定了计算脂肪碳~(13)C-NMR化学位移的一组经验参数,对各峰做了归属。~(13)C-NMR能很好地辨别顺-1,4,反-1,4和反-1,2等各种结构,发现稀土催化聚戊二烯-1,3单体链节是以头-尾相联,不存在反结,并发现了1,4-1,2联结的序列。     

钼催化体系制备的聚1,2-丁二烯链结构

本文利用红外光谱、~(13)C-NMR和线膨胀等方法研究了钼体系聚1,2-丁二烯的链结构,并研究了链结构的调节方法。发现烯丙基卤等极性添加剂既可以调节1,2-链节含量,又可以调节链节的立体构型。最后,利用统计理论估计了1,2-链节的各种异构体的平均序列长度。     

FTIR与13C NMR研究丁戊共聚物的微观结构及序列分布

采用傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)分析了丁戊共聚物的微观结构,发现采用磷酸酯钕体系得到的丁戊共聚物组成不同,其聚丁二烯链节的顺式-1,4含量为93.1％～97.7％,聚异戊二烯链节的顺式-1,4含量为97.0％～ 97.5％.采用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)测试了丁戊共聚物的玻璃化转变温度,发现丁戊共聚物具有良好的耐低温性能,其玻璃化转变温度随着异戊二烯含量的增加而提高,稍偏离Fox方程,经修正得到的公式为Tg=1.03TgIWI+TgBWB.采用Kelen-Tudos法计算得到丁二烯和异戊二烯的竞聚率分别为1.21和0.73,二者乘积接近于1,表明丁戊共聚物为无规结构.利用碳核磁谱(13C NMR)对丁戊共聚物进行分析,对其二元序列进行了归属,计算得到丁戊共聚物的二元序列浓度以及聚丁二烯链节和聚异戊二烯链节的数均序列长度;采用Bernoullian模型和Markov模型验证了丁戊共聚物的序列分布,发现其序列分布更符合Markov模型,表明磷酸酯钕体系催化丁戊共聚合时,活性链有末端效应.     

~(13)C-NMR研究稀土催化聚戊二烯-1,3的末端链结构

用~(13)C-NMR方法研究了稀土催化聚戊二烯-1,3的末端链结构及聚合温度对聚合物微观结构的影响。结果指出,聚合物的末端活性增长链是以头-尾或尾-头加成生成的anti-和syn-四种 π-烯丙基。聚合温度降低时,顺-1,4含量增加,这可解释为由于 anti-和 syn-异构化的作用。同时解释了反-1,2结构形成的过程。     

共轭双烯与丙烯酸甲酯交替共聚物的~(13)C-NMR谱研究

用~(13)C-NMR方法研究了丁二烯(BD)-丙烯酸甲酯(MA)、异戊二烯(IP)-MA和氯丁二烯(CP)-MA交替共聚物(分别简称为PBM、PIM和PCM)的联接方式和微观结构。在PBM中,BD单元以反-1,4-结构存在,并有少量的顺-1,4-和1,2-结构,其比例为88:7:5;在PIM和PCM中,IP与CP单元也主要以反-1,4-结构存在,与MA以“头-头”方式相连接。在PCM中还有少量CP-CP相连接的结构,交替度较低,而PBM和PIM则完全是交替结构。     

1,2-聚丁二烯~(13)C-NMR弛豫的溶剂效应

本文测定了一系列具有不同微观结构的1,2-聚丁二烯样品在四种溶剂的50.3MHz ~(13)C自旋-晶格弛豫时间(T_1)和核Overhauser效应(NOE)值。并用Schaefer logx~2相关时间分布模型对实验数据进行了拟合。研究了1,2-聚丁二烯在溶液中的~(13)C-NMR弛豫的溶剂效应及其与结构的关系。发现聚合物与溶剂的溶解度参数之差△δ越大,聚合物在溶液中协同链段运动趋向越明显,~(13)C自旋-晶格弛豫速率(1/T_1)越大;1,2-链节较少,分子链较柔顺时,~(13)C-NMR弛豫受溶剂影响较显著。NMR弛豫参数对结构变化的反应在良溶剂中比在不良溶剂中敏感。     

聚-3,4异戊二烯的x-射线研究

对聚异戊二烯的研究一直很活跃。含3,4-链节70%左右的晶性聚3,4-异戊二烯(3,4-PⅠ),是适用于室温下较理想的吸振材料,其晶体结构尚未见报导。     

~(13)C-NMR研究聚丁二烯的序列结构

本文采用~13C-NMR方法研究了不同催化体系制备的聚丁二烯。经分析指出,聚丁二烯分子链的三种序列(顺-1,4-序列、反-1,4-序列和1,2-序列)和十七类脂碳碳核为~13C-NNR谱贡献了十六个谱峰。经数据的解析,得到一组计算聚丁二烯脂碳部分各谱峰化学位移的经验参数。在本文条件下,应用该组参数得到的计算值与实验值符合较好。本文确认了聚丁二烯反-1,4-序列第四峰(T_4)的存在。初步研究了聚丁二烯~13℃-NMR谱图的定量处理问题。     

~(13)C-NMR研究丁二烯-异戊二烯共聚合的竞聚率和共聚物的序列分布

用~(13)C-NMR方法研完了不同配料比的丁二烯-异戊二烯本体共聚和溶液共聚物的结构,定量计算出了共聚物二元组的浓度和数均序列长度,采用T(?)DO″S法计算出了本体共聚和溶液共聚的竞聚率,并证明各种共聚产物的序列分布都服从一级Markov统计模型。     

光敏剂存在下3,4-聚异戊二烯的光交联反应

本文研究了在敏化剂二苯甲酮存在下3,4-聚异戊二烯的光交联反应。发现在80W高压汞灯辐照下,二苯甲酮敏化的3,4-聚异戊二烯能够发生光交联反应,其凝胶含量、交联密度与光照时间、3,4-聚异戊二烯的分子量以及二苯甲酮的用量有关。用FTIR和C¹³NMR证实了该交联反应以外双键的2+2加成为主。     

Disperse Composition of Titanium–Magnesium Catalyst Particles and <Emphasis Type="Italic">trans</Emphasis>-1,4-Polyisoprene Granules in Short-Time Polymerization

The disperse composition of trans-1,4-polyisoprene granules and supported titatium–magnesium catalyst particles in the ultrarapid polymerization of isoprene within 0.1–0.7 s is studied. It is shown that within this period the alteration of external and internal fragmentations occurs between two fractions of polymer granules that are formed by 0.1 s of polymerization and already contain significantly fragmented catalyst particles. The correlation between these processes and molecular mass characteristics of trans-1,4-polyisoprene is investigated. It is found that the external fragmentation is accompanied by a decrease in the average molecular masses of the polymer, while the internal fragmentation leads to formation of a higher molecular mass trans-1,4-polyisoprene. As a result, the fraction of polymer granules with a diameter of 7.5 μm is formed by 0.7 s of polymerization and replication to high conversions is developed on their basis.     

Synthesis of 1,4-polyisoprene support of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon), a stimulating compound for the latex production by the Hevea brasiliensis

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon) is a well known stimulating product used to improve the latex production by the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Its chemical fixation in side position of 1,4-polyisoprene chains by weak chemical bond was considered in order to prepare new derivatives having prolonged stimulating activity. The synthesis was considered by using a chemical modification procedure according to a two-step process. Firstly, an epoxidized 1,4-polyisoprene intermediate was prepared by partial epoxidation of 1,4-polyisoprene. Secondly, the grafting of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid was achieved by using the reactivity of the P-OH acidic function (or a P-OSiMe₃ derived from P-OH) of the reagent toward oxirane rings of epoxidized 1,4-polyisoprene. It was noted that grafting yields are improved when the reaction is carried out in bulk or in a non-polar solvent, and more especially in neutral conditions, that is by replacing ethephon with its trimethylsilylated derivatives [monotrimethylsilyl 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid or, more especially, di(trimethysilyl) 2-chloroethylphosphonate]. With this latter, the addition occurs by the intermediate of the P-OSiMe₃ bond, and the formation of 2-oxo-l,3,2-dioxaphospholane structures is highly favored.     

Photorearrangements of hydrocarbon polymers with pendant double bonds

A study was made of the microstructural changes that occur in ultraviolet irradiation under vacuum of thin films of 1,2-poly(cis-1,4-hexadiene) (CHD), 1,2-poly(trans-1,4-hexadiene) (THD), 1,2-poly(trans-1,3-pentadiene) (TPD), equibinary (1,2,-1,4) polybutadiene (EB), and equibinary (3,4-1,4) polyisoprene (EI). These polymers—all containing pendant double bonds—undergo important photoinduced loss of unsaturation, presumably through cyclization of the double bonds, by analogy to the previously reported photocyclization of 1,2-polybutadiene (VB) and 3,4-polyisoprene (VI)films. For the equibinary polymers, which contain internal as well as external (or pendant) double bonds, the loss of unsaturation is considered to involve photocyclization of 1,2-1,4 and 1,2-1,2 dyads in EB and of 3,4-1,4 and 3,4-3,4 dyads in EI. Accompanying thecyclization process in CHD, THD, and TPD is a direct photochemical cis-trans isomerization of ? CH?CH? double bonds analogous to that originally noted for 1,4-polybutadiene. The photorearrangements in the above polymers with pendant double bonds were compared to the corresponding thermally induced rearrangements reported previoulsy;for VB and VI, in particular, the thermal, photo-and radiation-induced cycli-zations were found to be very similar, possibly having a common nonradical, nonionic mechanism involving excited double bonds.     

1,4 polymerization of isoprene by titanate catalyst systems

Titanates are versatile in the 1,4 polymerization of isoprene. The (R′O)₄Ti/RAlCl₂ catalyst gives either cis- or trans-1,4-polyisoprene, depending on the nature of both the titanate and the solvent. Primary titanates give cis-1,4-polyisoprene in both aliphatic and aromatic solvents. Secondary titanates give cis-polyisoprene in aliphatic solvents, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene in aromatic solvents. Tertiary titanates give trans-polyisoprene in both aliphatic and aromatic solvents. A mechanism is postulated which takes into consideration the role of the solvent. ESR studies of the various titanate–RAlCl₂ catalysts were made; the paramagnetic structures are related to polymerization mechanisms.     

Effects of Binding Energy of Bioinspired Sacrificial Bond on Mechanical Performance of <Emphasis Type="Italic">cis</Emphasis>-1,4-Polyisoprene with Dual-crosslink

Although bioinspired sacrificial bonds have been demonstrated to be efficient in improving the mechanical properties of polymer materials, the effect of binding energy of a specific dynamic bond on the ultimate mechanical performance of a polymer network with dual-crosslink remains unclear. In this contribution, diamine and sulfur curing package are introduced simultaneously into a sulfonated cis-1,4-polyisoprene to create dually-crosslinked cis-1,4-polyisoprene network with sulfonate-aminium ionic bonds as the sacrificial bonds. Three diamines (primary, secondary and tertiary) with the same spacer between the two nitrogen atoms are used to create the ionic bonds with different binding energies. Although the binding energy of ionic bond does not affect the glass transition temperature of cis-1,4-polyisoprene (IR), it exerts definite influences on strain-induced crystallization and mechanical performance. The capabilities of diamine in dissipating energy, promoting strain-induced crystallization and enhancing the mechanical performance are in the same order of secondary diamine > primary diamine > tertiary diamine. The variations in mechanical performances are correlated to the binding energy of the ionic bond, which is determined by pK_a values.     

Improved expression of the mean-square radius of gyration, 3. 1,4-polydienes

The mean-square radii of gyration of cis- and trans-1,4-polybutadiene and corresponding 1,4-polyisoprene were derived using Abe's and Flory's rotational isomeric scheme. Calculations performed using available experimental data showed that the dependence of the mean-square radius of gyration on the molecular weight for these stereoregular polydienes can be expressed as where a and b are constants characteristic of the polymer. This behaviour is analogous to that of vinyl polymers and poly-1,1-disubstituted ethylenes discussed in the preceding papers of the present series. The mean-square radius of gyration of 1,4-polyisoprene with predominantly trans units is more sensitive to stereoirregularity than with predominantly cis units. However, 1,4-polybutadiene chains are comparatively insensitive to the stereochemical composition.     

NMR and DSC investigations of the miscibility of blends of cis-1,4-polyisoprene with polybutadienes of different microstructures

Differential scanning calorimetry and torsional braid analysis investigations of the phase diagram of cis-1,4-polyisoprene/polybutadiene blends as a function of the polybutadiene microstructure were reported by several authors. Polybutadienes containing a high vinyl content were shown to be miscible with cis-1,4-polyisoprene on the DSC spatial scale, whereas polybutadienes containing a low vinyl content were immiscible. In this article, we used variable-temperature determinations of ¹H NMR free induction decays and low-temperature, high-resolution solid-state ¹³C NMR measurements of proton spin-lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame to probe the phase behavior of the cis-1,4-polyisoprene/polybutadiene blends at the smaller spatial scale of the NMR technique. Blends of cis-1,4-polyisoprene with a polybutadiene having a large number of vinyl 1,2 linkages appeared to be miscible on the molecular scale, in spite of small regions in which the polybutadiene component is not uniformily dispersed in the other polymer. On the contrary, blends in which the polybutadiene has a low content of vinyl 1,2 sequences were phase separated over the whole temperature range considered and no intermixed regions could be detected. The limiting case was observed with the polybutadiene containing 33 wt % vinyl 1,2 units, for which miscibility on a molecular scale is highly dependent on the blend composition. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of mineral fillers on thermal properties and flammability ofcis-1,4-polyisoprene vulcanizates

The effect of mineral fillers such as Ultrasil VN-3, Ze?O?Sil P-45, Aerosil 200, Frantex 8, Kaolin and precipitated calcium carbonate on the thermal properties sulphur vulcanizates ofcis-1,4-polyisoprene were studied by means of thermal analysis. It was found that the addition of a mineral filler did not change the nature of the thermal processes in isoprene vulcanizates essentially, but it distinctly affected the positions of the peaks recorded in the DTA curves. The mineral fillers affected the temperatures and rates of degradation and destruction of polyisoprene cross-linked with sulphur. The presence of a mineral filler brought about a decrease in the flammability ofcis-1,4-polyisoprene sulphur vulcanizates.     

Study of crystallization kinetics of trans-1,4-polyisoprene

The concentrations and the growth rates of high- and low-melting type spherulites of trans-1,4-polyisoprene were measured in the temperature range 39–49°C. It was shown that above about 40°C., the crystallization rate of trans-1,4-polyisoprene is determined primarily by the radial growth rate of high-melting form (HMF) spherulites, whereas the predominance of the low-melting form (LMF) crystals below 40°C. can be attributed to the high rate of formation of LMF primary nuclei at lower crystallization temperatures. Temperature-independent rate parameters were calculated from optical and dilatometric measurements and were found to be in good agreement. Both the change in nucleation habit and spherulite growth rate with temperature can be explained on the basis of a lower end surface free energy of LMF crystals of trans-1,4-polyisoprene compared to that of the HMF crystals.