The role of multifunctionalized amine structure and reaction conditions on the transformations of crosslinked copoly(styrene-p-nitrophenylacrylate)

Crosslinked copoly(styrene-p-nitrophenylacrylates), containing 2% (1) or 4% DVB (2) were converted with various diaminoalkanes (1,2-diaminoethane 3a, 1,4-diaminobutane 3b, 1,8-diaminooctane 3c) to amides. The degree of additional crosslinking depended on the chain length of the diaminoalkane, the molar ratio of ester function in 1 or 2 to diaminoalkane, solvent polarity (dimethylformamide, chloroform, toluene), while reaction temperature (50 or 100°C) had only a minor effect. 2 was also converted with various amines bearing additional functional groups (ethanolamine, 3-amino-1-propanol, 4-aminomethylpyridine, 2-(2-aminoethylamino)-ethanol, 2-(2-aminoethoxy)-ethanol, 6-aminocaproic acid, N-propylaminomorpholine, 3-N,N-diethylamino-1-propylamine) to the corresponding amides. The swelling ability of the resins depended on the crosslinking of the starting copoly(styrene-p-nitrophenylacrylate) (1, 2), the structure of the amide, the degree of additional crosslinking, and solvent polarity (chloroform, dimethylformamide, methanol, toluene). The accessibility of nitrogen atoms in the polymer matrix was examined by EtX functionalization of the 3-N,N-diethylamino-1-propylamine derivative (10) and 4-aminomethylpyridine derivative (13), and more than 85% functionalization was found. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 1699–1706, 1998     

The ring opening of substituted cyclopropylidenes to substituted allenes: the effects of steric and long-range electrostatic interactions

Summary It is shown that all stereospecific preferences found experimentally for the ring opening of substituted cyclopropylidenes are satisfactorily reproduced by adding steric and long-range electrostatic interactions to the cyclopropylidene reaction surface. The corresponding surface for dimethyl cyclopropylidene is mapped out in detail. The surface for 3-methyl- and 2-bromo-3-methyl-cyclopropylidene is explored around the transition region. From the success of this approach it is inferred that short-range covalent interactions are unlikely to be responsible for sterospecific preferences found in these systems.Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. 7405-ENG-82. This work was supported by the office of Basic Energy Sciences     

Participation of Alkoxy Groups in Reactions of Acetals: Violation of the Reactivity/Selectivity Principle in a Curtin–Hammett Kinetic Scenario

Nucleophilic substitution reactions of acetals having benzyloxy groups four carbon atoms away can be highly diastereoselective. The selectivity in several cases increased as the reactivity of the nucleophile increased, in violation of the reactivity/selectivity principle. The increase in selectivity with reactivity suggests that multiple conformational isomers of reactive intermediates can give rise to the products.     

Effects of filler–polymer interactions on cold‐crystallization kinetics in crosslinked,silica‐filled polydimethylsiloxane/polydiphenylsiloxane copolymer melts

Crystallization in a series of variable crosslink density poly(dimethyl‐diphenyl)siloxanes random block copolymers reinforced through a mixture of precipitated and fumed silica fillers has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The silicone composite studied was composed of 94.6 mol % dimethoylsiloxane, 5.1 mol % diphenylsiloxane, and 0.3 mol % methyl‐vinyl siloxane (which formed crosslinking after peroxide cure). The polymer was filled with a mixture of 21.6 wt % fumed silica and 4.0 wt % precipitated silica previously treated with 6.8 wt % ethoxy‐end‐blocked siloxane processing aid. Molecular weight between crosslinks and filler–polymer interaction strength were modified by exposure to γ‐irradiation in either air or in vacuo. Isothermal DMA experiments illustrated that crystallization at ?85 °C occurred over a 1.8 hour period in silica‐filled systems and 2.2–2.6 hours in unfilled systems. The crystallization kinetics for irradiated samples were found to be dependent on crosslink density. Irradiation in vacuo resulted in faster overall crystallization rates compared to air irradiation for the same crosslink density, likely due to a reduction in the interaction between the polymer chains and the silica filler surface for samples irradiated in air. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1898–1906, 2006     

Laser‐induced periodic surface structure on a polymer surface: The effect of a prerubbing treatment on the surface structure

The influence of the mechanical rubbing of a polyimide (PI) film on the laser‐induced periodic structure (LIPS) was demonstrated. The periodicity and amplitude of LIPS were greater when the rubbing direction was parallel to the laser polarization direction. The amplitude became small and the periodicity of LIPS did not show an obvious change when the rubbing direction was perpendicular to the laser polarization direction. The effect of the rubbing pretreatment on LIPS was explained on the basis of the wave‐guide effect of rubbing‐induced microgrooves on LIPS formation. The orientation of PI chains induced by mechanical rubbing was relaxed after laser irradiation, and a new orientation of PI chains was formed during the LIPS formation. When the rubbing direction was perpendicular to the laser polarization direction, the orientation of PI chains remained in the rubbing direction. The laser‐irradiated, perpendicularly rubbed PI surface could be used to verify the effects of surface morphologies and intermolecular interactions on liquid‐crystal alignment. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 1273–1280, 2003     

Zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes with PDT: study of the effect of weak interactions on crystal packing

Two new zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes, [Zn(PDT)₂(NCS)₂] (1) and [Cd((PDT)₂I_1.6(H₂O)_0.4(OH)_0.4] · 0.4H₂O (2) (“PDT” is the abbreviation of 3-(2-pyridyl)-5, 6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H NMR spectroscopy, and studied by X-ray crystallography. Zinc(II) in 1 is six coordinate ZnN₆. 2 is a co-crystal with cadmium(II) being 60% six-coordinated with a CdN₄I₂ environment and 40% seven-coordinated with a CdN₄O₂I environment. The supramolecular features in these complexes are guided/controlled by weak directional intermolecular S ··· π, C–H ··· π, C–H ··· I, and π ··· π interactions.     

Crystal structure and morphologies of polypropylene homopolymer and propylene‐ethylene random copolymer: Effect of the substituted 1,3,5‐benzenetrisamides

Four different substituted 1,3,5‐benzenetrisamides were synthesized and two of them were reported for the first time. Their effects on the crystal structure and morphologies of the iPP homopolymer (PPH) and propylene‐ethylene random copolymers (PPR) were investigated. The results showed that they had versatile nucleating ability among the different crystal forms of PPH. The N,N′,N′′‐tris‐tert‐butyl‐1,3,5‐benzene‐tricarboxamide, N,N′,N′′‐tris‐cyclohexyl‐1,3,5‐benzene‐tricarboxamide, and N,N′,N′′‐tris‐isopropyl‐1,3,5‐benzene‐tricarboxamide suppressed the formation of detectable spherulites with the common α‐form of the PPH, as well as the N,N′,N′′‐n‐butyl‐1,3,5‐benzene‐tricarboxamide induced the spherulites of the β‐form. The combination of the ethylene segment and the nucleating agent facilitated the formation of the γ‐form. These trisamides had limited effects on the packing of the PPH segments but induced more compacted packing of the PPRs. The nucleation mechanism of such compounds was discussed for the first time, it was found that the nucleation ability of these compounds rooted in matching of their dimension of the b‐axis with dimension of the c‐axis of iPP, and their butterfly‐shape further enhanced it. The (001) face of the trisamides was in contact with the (010) face of iPP. This epitaxial crystallization led to preferential growth along the b‐axis, and the ethylene segment indeed enhanced this effect. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1067–1078, 2008     

以羟丙基-β-环糊精为手性添加剂拆分2-取代芳基丙酸:取代基对手性识别的影响（英文）

以羟丙基-β-环糊精为手性添加剂,采用反相高效液相色谱法对2-取代芳基丙酸类物质进行了手性拆分。考察了流动相的组成,包括缓冲溶液、有机改性剂以及添加剂的浓度等。缓冲溶液的pH值、有机改性剂的种类与浓度,以及添加剂的浓度对色谱峰的保留时间和分离度均有较大的影响。以YMC ODS-C_(18)(150 mm×4.6 mm,5μm)为色谱柱,乙腈-0.10 mol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 3.3,含25 mmol/L添加剂)为流动相,测定了各2-取代芳基丙酸与羟丙基-β-环糊精的包结常数,考察了羟丙基-β-环糊精对各物质的包结形式。实验结果表明,羟丙基-β-环糊精与各对映体均以1∶1的形式包结,同时发现推电子取代基更有利于羟丙基-β-环糊精的包结行为,为羟丙基-β-环糊精对手性拆分的影响提供了一个有利的参考因素。     

A verification by FTIR spectroscopy of the effect of some local chain conformations on the specific molecular interactions of solvents,esters, and polyesters with PVC

The molecular interactions of poly(vinylchloride) (PVC) with some solvents [cyclohexanone (CH), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and N-methylpirrolidone (MP)], esters [dioctylphthalate (DOP) and butyl stearate (BuSt)], and polyesters [poly(ethylene adipate) (PEA) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)] have been investigated by FTIR spectroscopy. In all cases the band of the carbonyl group is found to shift to lower frequencies, but significant differences between the solvent and the esters, whether polymeric or not, are evidenced. For PVC-solvent systems, the shift proves to increase linearly as PVC/solvent ratio increases, what suggests that only a definite number of polymer sites is involved. From the slopes of the straight lines this effect of composition is shown to increase in the order MP < MEK < CH, i.e., as the basicity of the solvent decreases. In contrast, for the PVC-esters or polyester blends, a nonlinear behavior consisting of two distinct interaction processes, is obtained. The increase of shift as PVC/ester ratio increases is faster in the first process for all PVC-ester systems and it is particularly enhanced for BuSt and, to a lesser extent, for DOP. Instead, during the second process, that increase is of little significance for BuSt relative to DOP and PCL. These results account for the saturation of the polymer structures that are capable of interacting, at different rates depending on the type of ester. Besides, the whole number of those structures appears to be lower than in the case of solvents. The results are discussed on the ground of, on one side, the mechanism of nucleophilic substitution on PVC, in the same solutions and blends, which, as found previously, is of a stereospecific nature, and, on the other, the electron-donor-acceptor concept (EDA) and the hard-soft-acid-base concept (HSAB) as applied to both the interacting agents (solvents and esters) and the isotactic GTGT and GTTG^? triad conformations as well as the heterotactic GTTT. In the light of the resulting conclusions it is suggested that: (i) the linear behavior shown by the solvents obeys the solvent ability to ensure a dynamic equilibrium between the two possible conformations of - mmr - sequence, i.e., GTGTTT and GTTG^?TT, through the preferential interaction with the little likely GTTG^? conformation, the content of which happens so to be constant as long as there are - mmr - sequences in solution; (ii) the nonlinear behavior of PVC-ester or polyester binary systems reveals a nonequilibrium situation and so the conformational change GTGTTT ? GTTG^?TT, which is highly hindered, will occur occasionally depending on the ester nature. This enables one to attribute the fast and the slow interaction processes to the permanent GTTG^?TT conformations derived from the polymerization and to the same conformations formed as the result of the conformational changes, respectively. Strong support for the above novel finding that PVC … O?C interaction is of a local conformational nature is given by two additional investigations. First, a similar study with a PVC sample prepared at ?50°C, shows that the carbonyl band shifts of CH and PCL are appreciably lower than those of PVC prepared at 70°C. The same holds for the blendof PCL with the latter PVC sample after substitution reaction (0.6%) at ?15°C in CH with sodium benzenethiolate (NaBT). Since the PVC obtained at ?50°C and the 0.6% substituted polymer exhibit a lower content of both permanent GTTG^?TT conformations ad -mmr- sequence, these results agree with expectatins and confirm the above suggestions. Secondly, the changes in the C? Cl stretchign frequencies of PVC with increasing amounts of solvent or ester, as extensively studied, clearly indicate the occurrence of the aforementioned conformational change, and so they are consistent with our proposals as to the actual conformational nature of PVC…O? C interactions. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The ESI CAD fragmentations of protonated 2,4,6‐tris(benzylamino)‐ and tris(benzyloxy)‐1,3,5‐triazines involve benzyl–benzyl interactions: a DFT study

The electrospray ionization collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) mass spectra of protonated 2,4,6‐tris(benzylamino)‐1,3,5‐triazine (1) and 2,4,6‐tris(benzyloxy)‐1,3,5‐triazine (6) show abundant product ion of m/z 181 (C₁₄H₁₃⁺). The likely structure for C₁₄H₁₃⁺ is α‐[2‐methylphenyl]benzyl cation, indicating that one of the benzyl groups must migrate to another prior to dissociation of the protonated molecule. The collision energy is high for the ‘N’ analog (1) but low for the ‘O’ analog (6) indicating that the fragmentation processes of 1 requires high energy. The other major fragmentations are [M + H‐toluene]⁺ and [M + H‐benzene]⁺ for compounds 1 and 6, respectively. The protonated 2,4,6‐tris(4‐methylbenzylamino)‐1,3,5‐triazine (4) exhibits competitive eliminations of p‐xylene and 3,6‐dimethylenecyclohexa‐1,4‐diene. Moreover, protonated 2,4,6‐tris(1‐phenylethylamino)‐1,3,5‐triazine (5) dissociates via three successive losses of styrene. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that an ion/neutral complex (INC) between benzyl cation and the rest of the molecule is unstable, but the protonated molecules of 1 and 6 rearrange to an intermediate by the migration of a benzyl group to the ring ‘N’. Subsequent shift of a second benzyl group generates an INC for the protonated molecule of 1 and its product ions can be explained from this intermediate. The shift of a second benzyl group to the ring carbon of the first benzyl group followed by an H‐shift from ring carbon to ‘O’ generates the key intermediate for the formation of the ion of m/z 181 from the protonated molecule of 6. The proposed mechanisms are supported by high resolution mass spectrometry data, deuterium‐labeling and CAD experiments combined with DFT calculations. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The morphology and structure of PS‐b‐P4VP block copolymer films by solvent annealing: effect of the solvent parameter

Lamellae (symmetric) forming polystyrene‐b‐poly(4‐vinylpyridine) (PS‐b‐P4VP) block copolymers (BCPs) were used to produce nanostructured thin films by solvent (toluene) casting (spin‐coating) onto silicon substrates. As expected, strong micellization of PS‐P4VP in toluene results in poorly ordered hexagonally structures films. Following deposition the films were solvent annealed in various solvents and mixtures thereof. A range of both morphologies including micelle and microphase separated structures were observed. It was found that nanostructures typical of films of regular thickness (across the substrate) and demonstrating microphase separation occurred only for relatively few solvents and mixtures. The data demonstrate that simple models of solvent annealing based on swelling of the polymer promoting higher polymer chain mobility are not appropriate and more careful rationalization is required to understand these data. Analysis suggests that regular phase separated films can only be achieved when the copolymer Hildebrand solubility parameter is very similar to the value of the solvent. It is suggested that the solvent anneal method used is best considered as a liquid phase technique rather than a vapor phase method. The results show that solvent annealing methods can be a very powerful means to control structure and in some circumstances dominate other factors such as surface chemistry and surface energies. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Phase behavior study of poly(N‐tertbutylacrylamide‐co‐acrylamide) in the mixture of water–methanol: The role of polymer–nonsolvent second‐order interactions

The phase behavior of poly(N‐tertbutylacrylamide‐co‐acrylamide) (PNTBAM) in pure water and mixture of water–methanol is studied at different temperatures. The different compositions of PNTBAM are prepared by free‐radical polymerization technique and their phase behavior is studied by turbidimetry. The effects of copolymer and solvent composition on the phase behavior of the copolymers are discussed. It has been suggested that the inhomogenities in polymer chains are responsible for lowering the rate of phase transition by increasing the N‐tertbutylacrylamide (NTBAM) and methanol contents in copolymer and mixture, respectively. For the first time we have revealed that there are second‐order binary interactions in the water–methanol which are dominant in the special range of copolymer composition. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 455–462, 2009     

Spontaneous reactions of electron‐accepting substituted quinodimethane with substituted styrenes: Inductive and steric effects on the formation of a zwitterionic intermediate

Spontaneous reactions of an electron‐accepting substituted quinodimethane, 1‐(2,2‐dimethyl‐1,3‐dioxane‐4,6‐dione‐5‐ylidene)‐4‐(dicyanomethylene)‐2,5‐cyclohexadiene, with p‐substituted, α‐substituted, and β‐substituted styrenes were investigated. When p‐substituted styrenes were used as comonomers, no spontaneous reactions took place for styrenes with an electron‐accepting p substituent such as COOMe and CN groups, and both terpolymers and cycloadducts were formed for the other p‐substituted styrenes. When α‐substituted and β‐substituted styrenes were used as comonomers, no reactions occurred for α‐ and β‐substituted styrenes with a bulky phenyl group, and spontaneous reactions took place for those with a smaller methyl group. The reaction products were an alternating copolymer for α‐substituted styrene and both terpolymers and 5‐ethylidene‐2,5‐dimethyl‐1,3‐dioxane‐4,6‐dione for β‐substituted styrenes. The position of the methyl group in the styrenes significantly affected the product formation. This behavior in the spontaneous reactions was discussed on the basis of the ability of formation of the zwitterionic tetramethylene intermediate and its conformation, determined by polar and steric effects of the substituents in the substituted styrenes. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 5195–5206, 2005     

Influence of the chemical structure of dithiocarbamates with different N‐groups on the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of styrene

Polymerizations of styrene with azobisisobutyronitrile initiation or thermal initiation have been performed in the presence of dithiocarbamates with different N‐groups, that is, benzyl 4,5‐diphenyl‐1H‐imidazole‐1‐carbodithioate ( 2a ), benzyl 1H‐1,2,4‐triazole‐1‐carbodithioate ( 2b ), benzyl indole‐1‐carbodithioate ( 2c ), benzyl 2‐phenyl‐indole‐1‐carbodithioate ( 2d ), benzyl phenothiazine‐10‐carbodithioate ( 2e ), benzyl 9H‐carbazole‐9‐carbodithioate ( 2f ), and benzyl dibenzo[b,f]azepine‐5‐carbodithioate ( 2g ). The results show that the structure of the N‐group of dithiocarbamates has significant effects on the activity of dithiocarbamates for the polymerization of styrene. 2a , 2b , 2c , 2d , and 2f are effective reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agents for the RAFT polymerization of styrene, and the polymerizations have good living characteristics. However, in the cases of 2e and 2g , the obtained polymers have uncontrolled molecular weights and broad molecular weight distributions. The polymerization rate is markedly influenced by the conjugation structure of the N‐group of the dithiocarbamate, and the polymerization rate of 2b is greater than that of 2a . For 2b , the rate of polymerization seems independent of the RAFT agent concentration. However, a significant retardation in the rate of polymerization can be observed in the case of 2c . 2d is more effective than 2c , and the substitution group of phenyl on this dithiocarbamate has obvious effects on the effectiveness of the controlled polymerization of styrene. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 4849–4856, 2005     

Anomalous coordination behaviour of 6‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐1,2‐dihydroquinoline‐3‐carboxaldehyde‐4(N)‐substituted Schiff bases in Cu(II) complexes: Studies of structure,biomolecular interactions and cytotoxicity

A series of copper(II) complexes containing 6‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐1,2‐dihydroquinoline‐3‐carboxaldehyde‐derived Schiff bases have been synthesized and characterised using various analytical and spectroscopic techniques. X‐ray crystallographic analysis confirmed the true coordinating nature of ligands with copper ion. The ligands exhibited ONS tridentate neutral and monobasic coordination. The spectroscopic results evidenced the interaction of the ligands and their copper(II) complexes with nucleic acid/serum albumin. Further, the complexes showed significant activity against human skin cancer cell line (A431) and less toxicity against human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT). Acridine orange/propidium iodide dual staining studies indicated that the major cause of A431 cell death was through necrosis. By comparing the biological activity of all the ligands, Cu(II) complexes and standard (cisplatin), complex [Cu(H‐6MOQtsc‐Ph)(H₂O)]?NO₃ ( 4 ) exhibited better activity than others, the activity being arranged as follows: 4  >  1  > cisplatin >  3  >  2 .     

Anchoring of Cu(II)–vanillin Schiff base complex on MCM‐41: A highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for synthesis of sulfides and 5‐substituted 1H–tetrazoles and oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides

A copper(II)–vanillin complex was immobilized onto MCM‐41 nanostructure and was used as an inexpensive, non‐toxic and heterogeneous catalyst in the synthesis of symmetric aryl sulfides by the cross‐coupling of aromatic halides with S₈ as an effective sulfur source, in the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using 30% H₂O₂ as a green oxidant and in the synthesis of 5‐substituted 1H –tetrazoles from a smooth (3 + 2) cycloaddition of organic nitriles with sodium azide (NaN₃). The products were obtained in good to excellent yields. This catalyst could be reused several times without loss of activity. Characterization of the catalyst was performed using Fourier transform infrared, energy‐dispersive X‐ray and atomic absorption spectroscopies, X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and scanning and transmission electron microscopies.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of an M4L6 tetrahedral cage with outward‐facing pockets from a substituted pyrazolyl–pyridine ligand

The self‐assembly of metal–polydentate ligands to give supramolecular tetrahedral complexes is of considerable current interest. A new ligand, 4‐benzyl‐2‐[1‐(2‐{[3‐(4‐benzylpyridin‐2‐yl)‐1H‐pyrazol‐1‐yl]methyl}benzyl)‐1H‐pyrazol‐3‐yl]pyridine (L), with chelating pyrazolyl–pyridine units substituted on the 4‐position of the pyridyl ring with benzyl units, has been synthesized and fully characterized. The self‐assembly of L with cobalt(II) gave rise to a tetrahedral cage (hexakis{μ‐4‐benzyl‐2‐[1‐(2‐{[3‐(4‐benzylpyridin‐2‐yl)‐1H‐pyrazol‐1‐yl]methyl}benzyl)‐1H‐pyrazol‐3‐yl]pyridine}perchloratotetracobalt(II) octakis(perchlorate) acetonitrile undecasolvate, [Co₄(ClO₄)(C₃₈H₃₂N₆)₆](ClO₄)₇·11CH₃CN) with approximate T symmetry. The X‐ray crystal structure of the cage, i.e. [Co₄L₆ClO₄](ClO₄)₇, shows that the substituted benzyl groups are oriented away from the centres of their respective ligands towards the Co^II vertices, making small outward‐facing pockets from three benzyl rings at the corners of the tetrahedron.     

The salt–cocrystal spectrum in salicylic acid–adenine: the influence of crystal structure on proton‐transfer balance

At one extreme of the proton‐transfer spectrum in cocrystals, proton transfer is absent, whilst at the opposite extreme, in salts, the proton‐transfer process is complete. However, for acid–base pairs with a small ΔpK_a (pK_a of base ? pK_a of acid), prediction of the extent of proton transfer is not possible as there is a continuum between the salt and cocrystal ends. In this context, we attempt to illustrate that in these systems, in addition to ΔpK_a, the crystalline environment could change the extent of proton transfer. To this end, two compounds of salicylic acid (SaH) and adenine (Ad) have been prepared. Despite the same small ΔpK_a value (≈1.2), different ionization states are found. Both crystals, namely adeninium salicylate monohydrate, C₅H₆N₅⁺·C₇H₅O₃^?·H₂O, I , and adeninium salicylate–adenine–salicylic acid–water (1/2/1/2), C₅H₆N₅⁺·C₇H₅O₃^?·2C₅H₅N₅·C₇H₆O₃·2H₂O, II , have been characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis (C, H and N) techniques. In addition, the intermolecular hydrogen‐bonding interactions of compounds I and II have been investigated and quantified in detail on the basis of Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots. Throughout the study, we use crystal engineering, which is based on modifications of the intermolecular interactions, thus offering a more comprehensive screening of the salt–cocrystal continuum in comparison with pure pK_a analysis.     

Effect of temperature and solvent on polymer tacticity in the free‐radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate

The effect of temperature and solvent on polymer tacticity in free‐radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate was studied by ¹³C and ¹H NMR, respectively. Polystyrene shows a mild syndiotactic tendency (P_m = 0.36 ± 0.02) that is independent of temperature over a wide range (?10 to 120 °C), while poly(methyl methacrylate) shows a stronger syndiotactic tendency (P_m = 0.17 ± 0.01 at 30 °C) that decreases as temperature is increased (P_m = 0.22 ± 0.02 at 80 °C). None of the polymerization solvents studied (bulk, THF, DMF, DMSO, acetonitrile, and acetone) had a significant effect on polymer tacticity in either system. The triad fractions of both polymers showed deviations from the Bernoulli model, implying that the antepenultimate unit affects the propagation reaction. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013 , 51, 3351–3358