Cationic-Initiated Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclopropenone Ketals. II. Novel Polymers via Bromine as Polymerization Initiator

Cyclopropenone ketals are functionally capable of undergoing both vinyl and ring-opening polymerization. In a previous paper we reported ring-opening polymerization via boron trifluoride etherate initiation to yield a polymer of complicated structure. However, this previous study showed that conventional cationic initiators yield an exceptionally stable carbocation intermediate which is essentially incapable of further propagation. This paper reports the effective use of the unconventional cationic initiator, elemental bromine, to yield polymer, proposed to be formed by a sequence of steps which involve initial addition of bromine to the cyclopropene double bond, followed by electrophilic ring opening of the brominated cyclopropane ring and propagation via the carbocation intermediate formed. At least three different and simultaneous pathways are believed to be involved. The resulting polymers have [Mbar]_n values in the range of 10,000.     

Origin and Use of Hydroxyl Group Tolerance in Cationic Molybdenum Imido Alkylidene N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

The origin of hydroxyl group tolerance in neutral and especially cationic molybdenum imido alkylidene N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes has been investigated. A wide range of catalysts was prepared and tested. Most cationic complexes can be handled in air without difficulty and display an unprecedented stability towards water and alcohols. NHC complexes were successfully used with substrates containing the hydroxyl functionality in acyclic diene metathesis polymerization, homo‐, cross and ring‐opening cross metathesis reactions. The catalysts remain active even in 2‐PrOH and are applicable in ring‐opening metathesis polymerization and alkene homometathesis using alcohols as solvent. The use of weakly basic bidentate, hemilabile anionic ligands such as triflate or pentafluorobenzoate and weakly basic aromatic imido ligands in combination with a sterically demanding 1,3‐dimesitylimidazol‐2‐ylidene NHC ligand was found essential for reactive and yet robust catalysts.     

Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization of Unconventional Monomers

Photoinitiated cationic polymerization of unconventional monomers namely, benzoxazines, monothiocarbonates and macromonomers of poly(ε-caprolactone) and poly(ethylene oxide) is described. Ring opening polymerization of benzoxazines and thiocarbonates by direct and sensitized photoinitiation using onium salts was studied. The structures of the resulting polybenzoxazine were complex and related to the ring opening process of the protanated monomer either at through oxygen or nitrogen atoms. In the case of monothiocarbonate, the polymerization was accompanied with isomerization of thiocarbonate group. The potential use of macromonomers in photoiniated cationic polymerization to design complex macromolecular structures such as graft copolymers, water-borne photoresist materials and networks with dangling chains was presented. Photoinduced oxidative polymerization of thiophene, precursor for conducting polymers, using onium salts was also demonstrated.     

特定乙烯基和硅氢键含量聚硅氧烷的可控制备

以1,3,5-三乙烯基-1,3,5-三甲基环三硅氧烷与六甲基环三硅氧烷为共聚单体,四氢呋喃为溶剂,在正丁基锂引发条件下实现可控阴离子开环共聚,制备特定乙烯基含量的聚硅氧烷;同时,以1,3,5,7-四甲基环四硅氧烷与六甲基环三硅氧烷为共聚单体,四氢呋喃为溶剂,在浓硫酸引发条件下实现可控阳离子开环共聚,制备特定硅氢键含量的聚硅氧烷,为制备具有特定乙烯基和硅氢键含量聚硅氧烷国防专用标准物质奠定了基础。     

Origin and Use of Hydroxyl Group Tolerance in Cationic Molybdenum Imido Alkylidene N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

The origin of hydroxyl group tolerance in neutral and especially cationic molybdenum imido alkylidene N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes has been investigated. A wide range of catalysts was prepared and tested. Most cationic complexes can be handled in air without difficulty and display an unprecedented stability towards water and alcohols. NHC complexes were successfully used with substrates containing the hydroxyl functionality in acyclic diene metathesis polymerization, homo-, cross and ring-opening cross metathesis reactions. The catalysts remain active even in 2-PrOH and are applicable in ring-opening metathesis polymerization and alkene homometathesis using alcohols as solvent. The use of weakly basic bidentate, hemilabile anionic ligands such as triflate or pentafluorobenzoate and weakly basic aromatic imido ligands in combination with a sterically demanding 1,3-dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene NHC ligand was found essential for reactive and yet robust catalysts.     

Polymerization of cyclic derivatives of uracil and thymine

Cyclic derivatives of uracil and thymine were synthesized from their corresponding 1-(2′-chloroethyl) derivatives by dehydrochlorination. These compounds were found to undergo a variety of reactions, giving many valuable derivatives of uracil and thymine. The cyclic derivatives, as monomers, were polymerized with a cationic initiator by a unique ring-opening process. The polymerization proceeded by ring opening with isomerization of the pyrimidine ring to give a polymer in which pyrimidine rings were connected with ethylene between N-1 and N-3 or O-4 in the pyrimidine ring. The structure of these polymers was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), and mass spectra. The structure was affected by polymerization temperature.     

载体化络合催化开环歧化聚合合成梳形接枝共聚物研究

由环戊二烯（CPD）及烯丙基氯（AC）经聚合物支载三氟化硼催化的Diels-Alder反应合成了5-氯甲基-2-降冰片烯（NB-CH2Cl),锂代后用以引发甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）及苯乙烯（S）的活性阴离子聚合,合成了带聚合物取代基的降冰片烯大分子单体NB-PMMA及NB-PS。在聚合物支载钌卡宾络合物催化作用下进行所合成大分子单体的开环歧化聚合反应（ROMP）,合成了二种接枝于开环歧化聚降冰片烯（PNB）主链的梳形接技共聚物PNB-g-PMMA及PNB-g-PS。实验结果表明所研制聚合物支载硼、钌络合物催化性能明显优于对应非支载活性种。     

环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷开环聚合

环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷的开环聚合产物在表面活性剂工业和聚氨酯工业得到了极为广泛的应用.本文综述了近几年来发展的用于环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷开环聚合的各类催化剂体系,分别讨论了各类催化剂体系对环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷的不同作用机制,考察了反应物结构对反应活性和选择性的影响,重点介绍了配位络合催化剂体系在环氧乙烷和环氧丙烷开环聚合反应中的应用,并指出了今后研究的方向.     

环硅氧烷开环聚合反应的机理及动力学研究

环硅氧烷在亲核或亲电催化剂、温度或辐射作用下,可开环聚合生成线型聚硅氧烷,聚合方法主要有本体聚合和乳液聚合.本体聚合可分为阴离子聚合和阳离子聚合,阴离子聚合就是在碱性催化剂(亲核试剂)作用下,使环硅氧烷开环聚合成线型聚硅氧烷的过程;阳离子聚合就是环硅氧烷在酸性催化剂(亲电试剂)作用下的开环聚合反应.乳液聚合则是单体和水(或其它分散介质)并用乳化剂配成乳液状态进行聚合,按所采用的乳化剂种类不同,主要有阴离子型和阳离子型两种类型.本文总结了近几年国内外环硅氧烷本体聚合和乳液聚合的开环聚合机理及动力学研究情况,并对今后此方面的研究进行了展望.     

Solvent Effect in PLA-PEG Based Nanoparticles Synthesis through Surfactant Free Polymerization

Summary: In this work one-pot synthesis of PEGylated PLA-based nanoparticles (NPs) without using any surfactant has been performed. Adopting ring opening polymerization of L,L–Lactide and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), vinyl end functionalized poly(lactic acid) macromonomers (HEMA-LA_n) have been produced with tunable number of lactic acid units (larger than 5) and a low molecular weight distribution. Macromonomers have been further copolymerized with modified PEG chains (HEMA-PEG_m) through a monomer starved semi-batch emulsion polymerization performed without using any surfactant. In these conditions, small and monodispersed NPs of around 150 nm are obtained. Since macromonomers with n larger than 5 are highly viscous at room temperature, they have to be dissolved in a solvent before their injection in the reactor. In this work the effects in changing the solvent adopted in the starved process (water miscible or non-miscible) and its amount have been investigated. Moreover, the effect of both PEG chains concentration and MW on the final NPs properties has been elucidated. The colloidal stability of the NPs produced using different solvents has been verified in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution via dynamic light scattering measurements; in addition the critical coagulation concentration of these PEGylated NPs has been determined.     

Polymerization of substituted cyclopropanes. III. Anionic polymerizations of 2-substituted cyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitriles

To investigate further the anionic ring-opening polymerization of substituted cyclopropane 2-phenylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (I), 2-ethylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (II), and 2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (III) were prepared and polymerized with sodium cyanide in N,N-dimethylformamide. Under these conditions only I polymerized well. The polymer in I was soluble in hot sulfolane and the inherent viscosity was 0.5 dl/g (conc. 0.5 g in 100 ml). This result supports the previously postulated mechanism that a cyclopropane ring with properly positioned electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents can polymerize by opening the bond activated by a “push–pull” system.     

Synthesis and cationic polymerization of substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans

Cationic polymerization of substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans has been performed to investigate the substituent effect on the ring-opening polymerization. 2-Phenyl-2,3-dihydrofuran ( III ), 2-methoxy-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydrofuran ( V _a), and 2-ethoxy-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydrofuran ( V _b) were synthesized and polymerized with BF₃ etherate and AlCl₃ as acid catalysts. V _a and V _b ring-opening polymerized well to give the polymers with benzoyl as pendant group which were formed via cationic rearrangement during the ring-opening process, while III polymerized via simple opening of ethylenic double bond to form a polymer with the retention of tetrahydrofuran ring in the main chain. The nature of substituted cyclic vinyl ethers depending on substituents was also discussed.     

Ethylenically unsaturated polycarbosiloxanes for novel silicone hydrogels: synthesis,end‐group analysis,contact lens formulations,and structure–property correlations

A series of novel mono‐ethylenically unsaturated polycarbosiloxanes macromonomers as compatibilizer materials for soft silicon hydrogels were prepared from the anionic ring‐opening polymerization (AROP) of 2,2,5,5‐tetramethyl‐2,5‐disila‐1‐oxacyclopentane followed by methacrylation. The characterization was performed by end‐group analysis and included the determination of molecular weight, molecular weight distributions, end‐group functionality, and impurity profiles using gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry, gel permeation chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. The synthetic procedure was optimized to minimize the formation of any dimer that would have the potential to act as a low molecular weight cross linker. In addition, the novel di‐ethylenically unsaturated polycarbosiloxanes were synthesized by cationic polymerization. Use of these silicone derivatives was explored in the formulation of contact lenses, and the structure–property relationship was examined. When copoymerized with hydrophilic monomers, these were able to give transparent and wettable films with desired properties, particularly a low moduli for contact lenses. Contact lens with high modulus is often shown to impart a higher degree discomfort when worn upon the eye. It was clear from the structure–property relationship that the modulus and the tensile strength of the formulated material depend on the nature and length of the polycarbosiloxane used and may be tuned for the purpose as needed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Interaction between the water soluble poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer and ionic surfactants followed by spectroscopic and conductivity measurements

The interaction has been studied in aqueous solutions between a negatively charged conjugated polyelectrolyte poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxybutylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer (PBS-PFP) and several cationic tetraalkylammonium surfactants with different structures (alkyl chain length, counterion, or double alkyl chain), with tetramethylammonium cations and with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) by electronic absorption and emission spectroscopy and by conductivity measurements. The results are compared with those previously obtained on the interaction of the same polymer with the nonionic surfactant C12E5. The nature of the electrostatic or hydrophobic polymer-surfactant interactions leads to very different behavior. The polymer induces the aggregation with the cationic surfactants at concentrations well below the critical micelle concentration, while this is inhibited with the anionic SDS, as demonstrated from conductivity measurements. The interaction with cationic surfactants only shows a small dependence on alkyl chain length or counterion and is suggested to be dominated by electrostatic interactions. In contrast to previous studies with the nonionic C12E5, both the cationic and the anionic surfactants quench the PBS-PFP emission intensity, leading also to a decrease in the polymer emission lifetime. However, the interaction with these cationic surfactants leads to the appearance of a new emission band (approximately 525 nm), which may be due to energy hopping to defect sites due to the increase of PBS-PFP interchain interaction favored by charge neutralization of the anionic polymer by cationic surfactant and by hydrophobic interactions involving the surfactant alkyl chains, since the same green band is not observed by adding either tetramethylammonium hydroxide or chloride. This effect suggests that the cationic surfactants are changing the nature of PBS-PFP aggregates. The nature of the polymer and surfactant interactions can, thus, be used to control the spectroscopic and conductivity properties of the polymer, which may have implications in its applications.     

Synthesis and characterization of poly(ethylene oxide‐co‐ethylene carbonate) macromonomers and their use in the preparation of crosslinked polymer electrolytes

Methacrylate‐functionalized poly(ethylene oxide‐co‐ethylene carbonate) macromonomers were prepared in two steps by the anionic ring‐opening polymerization of ethylene carbonate at 180 °C, with potassium methoxide as the initiator, followed by the reaction of the terminal hydroxyl groups of the polymers with methacryloyl chloride. The molecular weight of the polymer went through a maximum after approximately 45 min of polymerization, and the content of ethylene carbonate units in the polymer decreased with the reaction time. A polymer having a number‐average molecular weight of 2650 g mol^?1 and an ethylene carbonate content of 28 mol % was selected and used to prepare a macromonomer, which was subsequently polymerized by UV irradiation in the presence of different concentrations of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide salt. The resulting self‐supportive crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes reached ionic conductivities of 6.3 × 10^?6 S cm^?1 at 20 °C. The coordination of the lithium ions by both the ether and carbonate oxygens in the polymer structure was indicated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 2195–2205, 2006     

Expected and unexpected reactions in ring‐opening (co)polymerization

This review covers most of the authors' work on ring‐opening polymerization and copolymerization of heterocyclic monomers during the time of their cooperation since 1985. The mechanistic aspects of anionic ring opening polymerization of cyclic carbonates with a variety of functional groups are described first. By sequential polymerization of first styrene, methyl methacrylate or suitable heterocyclic monomers and then secondly a cyclic carbonate, the site transformation is highlighted. The influence of the chemical nature of macroinitiators with identical active sites on the course of polymerization of cyclic carbonates was studied for poly(ethylene oxide), poly(tetrahydrofuran), and poly(dimethylsiloxane) macroinitiators. For the copolymerization of cyclic carbonates with lactones and lactide the dependence of the polymer microstructure on the polymerization conditions is discussed on the basis of the copolymerization mechanism. The copolymerization of cyclic carbonates with ε‐caprolactam and with tetramethylene urea results in an alternating copolymer, i. e. a poly(ester urethane) and an [m, n]‐polyurethane, respectively, the key step being the insertion of the lactam or the cyclic urea into the carbonate chain. The cationic ring opening polymerization of cyclic six and seven membered carbamates leading to [4]‐ and [5]‐polyurethane with uniform microstructure is reported with respect to kinetic, mechanistic, and thermodynamic aspects. This new access to [n]‐polyurethanes by a chain growth reaction allows the synthesis of well defined polymer architectures with polyurethane sequences. Sequential polymerization of tetrahydrofuran and the cyclic carbamate with mono‐ and bifunctional initiators leads to the respective A–B and B–A–B block copolymers. Site transformation from the oxonium to the immonium active species is the key step in the polymerization mechanism. Finally, mechanistic aspects of the ring‐opening polymerization of cyclic ester‐amides are presented.     

Effect of surfactants on the polymerization of acrylamide in aqueous solutions

The polymerization of acrylamide in aqueous surfactant solutions, initiated by potassium persulfate, has been investigated, dilatometry being used to follow the conversion. It has been shown that below the critical micellar concentration (CMC), cationic, anionic and non-ionic surfactants have no effect, while above the CMC only cationic soaps have an effect, lowering both the rate of polymerization and the molecular weight of the resultant polymer.     

大分子单体的制备方法

最常见的大分子单体是末端含碳—碳双键的烯类大分子单体，除此以外还有可开环聚合、可氧化偶联和可开环易位聚合的大分子单体等。本文介绍了大分子单体常用的制备方法。     

Synthesis and Characterization of Star-branched Polyisobutylene by Combination of Anionic Polymerization and Cationic Polymerization

The construction of polymer materials with controlled compositions, topologies, and functionalities has been the enduring focus in current research1,2. Among them, star polymers have been extensively studied for a long time, due to their markedly lower so…     

Polysiloxane‐Backbone Block Copolymers in a One‐Pot Synthesis: A Silicone Platform for Facile Functionalization

Block copolymers consisting exclusively of a silicon–oxygen backbone are synthesized by sequential anionic ring‐opening polymerization of different cyclic siloxane monomers. After formation of a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) block by butyllithium‐initiated polymerization of D3, a functional second block is generated by subsequent addition of tetramethyl tetravinyl cyclotetrasiloxane (D4^V), resulting in diblock copolymers comprised a simple PDMS block and a functional poly(methylvinylsiloxane) (PMVS) block. Polymers of varying block length ratios were obtained and characterized. The vinyl groups of the second block can be easily modified with a variety of side chains using hydrosilylation chemistry to attach compounds with Si—H bond. Conversion of the hydrosilylation used for polymer modification was investigated.