Kinetics of Photocationically Curable Formulations Involving Glycerol Diglycidyl Ether and Phenyl Glycidyl Ether

Kinetic analysis of formulations based on glycerol diglycidyl ether and phenyl glycidyl ether were carried out in the presence of sulfonium salt as initiator at 35 mW cm^?2using photo differential scanning calorimeter and the final conversion was found to increase with an increase in phenyl glycidyl ether content. The effects of formulation monomer ratios at three different temperatures were studied. The variations in the observed kinetic parameters can be related to increase in mobility of reactive species with temperature, distance of counter ion from the propagating cationic center, as well as extent of crosslinking reaction which controlled the course and duration of the reaction. The applicability of autocatalytic kinetic model was also evaluated and the system underwent early gelation and the activation energy decreased with an increase in phenyl glycidyl ether content. Analysis of stable photocured films containing glycerol diglycidyl ether and phenyl glycidyl ether showed better thermal stability than rigid films obtained with glycerol diglycidyl ether.     

Absorption and reaction of CO2 with 2,3-epoxypropyl phenyl ether using aliquat 336 AS catalyst

A kinetic study on the absorption and reaction of carbon dioxide with 2,3-epoxypropyl phenyl ether (phenyl glycidyl ether, PGE) in benzene solution has been carried out at room temperature in the presence of tricaprylylmethyl ammonium chloride (Aliquat 336) as catalyst. A simple method of measuring the absorbed volume of CO₂ was proposed to obtain the reaction rate constant, and it was based on the film theory accompanied by a chemical reaction. The enhancement factor (β-N_CO2/N_CO2 ^o) increased with increasing bulk concentration of PGE and Aliquat 336. The flux of CO₂ was proportional to the agitation speed.     

Capacites calorifiques de durcisseurs amines et resines epoxydes

Heat capacities of some amines (aniline, N-methyl aniline, meta-phenylene diamine, diamino diphenyl methane, diamino diphenyl sulfone and diamino diphenyl oxide) and two epoxy resins (phenyl glycidyl ether and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) have been determined in the solid and liquid states versus temperature. The heat capacity increments related to the functional groups have been evaluated compared to references like benzene, aniline and phenyl glycidyl ether.     

Thermokinetics of the reaction of phenyl glycidyl ether with aniline

The thermokinetic curves in the reaction of phenyl glycidyl ether with aniline were calculated for various compositions of the reaction mixture and temperatures. In addition to the main exothermic effect related to the epoxide ring opening, another exothermic effect of unknown nature was observed. The kinetic data obtained are explained in terms of structural changes caused by the self-aggregation of the reaction product molecules. The “kinetic investigation” approach provides a quantitative analysis of calorimetric data.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 371–375, February, 2005     

Reaction thermodynamics of amine‐cured epoxy systems: Validation of the enthalpy and heat capacity of reaction as determined by modulated temperature differential scanning calorimetry

The reaction enthalpy and reaction heat capacity of three aromatic epoxy–amine systems have been determined with modulated temperature diffential scanning calorimetry (MTDSC), mostly in quasi‐isothermal conditions, over a wide temperature range (33–140 °C) and for different mixture compositions. The reaction enthalpy is only slightly dependent on the epoxy–amine chemistry, from ?111 to ?98 kJ/mol epoxy functionality. With the model system phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE)+aniline, the reaction enthalpy of the secondary amine–epoxy reaction step is equal to that of the primary amine–epoxy reaction. Group contributions needed to calculate the reaction heat capacity with an additivity approach are evaluated, and a new value of 37.2 J mol^?1 K^?1 for the group N? (H)(C)(CB) is proposed. With this group contribution, the additivity method predicts almost equal values for the reaction heat capacity of both amine–epoxy reaction steps at 298.15 K (Δ_rC_p,prim = 15.7 J mol^?1 K^?1 and Δ_rC_p,sec = 14.6 J mol^?1 K^?1), whereas the experimental value of Δ_rC_p,sec is about three times larger than that of Δ_rC_p,prim at 100 °C. These results are confirmed experimentally for PGE+aniline as a different temperature dependence of both reaction heat capacities. MTDSC therefore is potentially interesting for differentiating between reactive species in an epoxy–amine reaction, a benefit previously assigned to spectroscopic methods only. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 594–608, 2003     

Kinetic Method by Using Calorimetry to Mechanism of Epoxy-amine Cure Reaction

Using calorimetric method to reaction kinetics in solventless system, the quantitative aspects of the epoxy ring opening in the reaction between phenyl glycidyl ether and aniline have been discussed. Using the Mangelsdorf method we have found that this reaction system gives fairly clean kinetics through whole process. The kinetic picture of this reaction system is akin to diepoxy-diamine cure mechanism. It was detected kinetically, apart from exothermic effect of the reaction of the epoxy ring opening, the existence another exothermic process at the last stages of the reaction. The latter also contributes to the total heat. The contribution of this thermal effect to the total heat is found to be dependent on the reactant ratio. The data for the reaction between phenyl glycidyl ether and aniline could not be fitted well if uncatalyzed mechanism was ignored. Thus, the reaction of epoxy ring opening by aniline occurs by two concurrent pathways: one is uncatalyzed and the other, the main, is autocatalyzed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Selective cleavage of the linear ether bond in benzyl glycidyl ether and triphenylmethyl glycidyl ether by potassium alkalide as two-electron-transfer reagent

The linear ether bond was exclusively cleaved in benzyl glycidyl ether and triphenylmethyl glycidyl ether under the influence of K⁻, K⁺(15-crown-5)₂ (1), whereas the strongly strained three-membered oxacyclic ring remained undisturbed. Potassium glycidoxide and benzylpotassium were found as the primary reaction products of benzyl glycidyl ether with 1. Subsequently, benzylpotassium reacted with benzyl glycidyl ether giving the next potassium glycidoxide molecule and bibenzyl. Benzyl phenyl ether was used as a model compound to explain the mechanism of bibenzyl formation. The reaction of triphenylmethyl glycidyl ether with 1 resulted in potassium glycidoxide and stable triphenylmethylpotassium. After treating with a quenching agent a new glycidyl ether or glycidyl ester was obtained from potassium glycidoxide. These results were found when the reaction occurred at the excess of glycidyl ether. In another case, i.e. at the excess of 1 further reactions took place with the participation of potassium anions and various new compounds were observed in the reaction mixture after benzylation or methylation. Thus, the method of substrates delivery influences the course of studied processes in a decisive way.     

Study of chemical processes in the modification of epoxide polymers by aluminum oxide

The processes occurring during the modification of epoxy polymers by various polymorphic aluminum oxide modifications (γ-AlO(OH), γ-Al₂O₃, α-Al₂O₃) with epoxy groups were studied by the methods of IR Fourier spectroscopy, chemical analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) by an example of a model compound (phenyl glycidyl ether). Two types of interactions were revealed: a direct chemical reaction of phenyl glycidyl ether with the surface hydroxy groups of alyminum oxide, and phenyl glycidyl ether homopolymerization. By processing by graphical method the data of chemical analysis on the diminishing in amount of epoxy groups in the course of the polycondensation reaction the value of activation energy 106–110 kJ mol⁻¹ of the process of phenyl glycidyl ether interaction with aluminum γ-oxide was determined.     

Relative reactivity of primary and secondary amine hydrogen atoms in the reaction between aniline and phenyl glycidyl ether: The effect of ethanol and other additives and the modifying effect of benzene as solvent

The relative reactivity ratio (k₂/k₁) for the secondary and primary amine hydrogen atoms in the neat reaction between aniline and phenyl glycidyl ether was 0.30. This is significantly lower than a recently reaffirmed random value of 0.5 for this system. The ratio is sensitive to added ethanol and decreased with increasing concentration to a limiting value of about 0.20. With benzene as solvent, the effect of added ethanol was more complex, and a low concentration provided a value of 0.45 which decreased with increasing concentration. Other hydroxy additives behaved similarly, but boron trifluoride appears to have no effect on this ratio.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the epoxide-amine polyaddition

The mechanism and kinetics of the epoxide-amine polyaddition reaction have been studied by isothermal and scanning DSC measurements. The initial concentrations of the reactants (epoxides: bisphenol-A-diglycidyl ether (DGEBA) and phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE), amines: N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine (DBED) and aniline) in our model systems have been strongly varied. The suggested kinetic model describes the reaction behavior of mixtures with any initial epoxide/amine ratios over the whole range of cure by a single parameter set. To find the optimum kinetic parameters, we have solved the set of differential equations numerically by the technique of multivariate non-linear regression (Mult-NLR). Excellent agreement was obtained between calculated and experimental curves.     

Epoxy compounds. VIII. Stereoregular and stereorandom polymerization of phenyl glycidyl ether with tertiary amines,and infrared spectra of poly(phenyl glycidyl ether)

Crystalline and amorphous polymers have been obtained from the polymerization of phenyl glycidyl ether in the presence of tertiary amines. The crystalline fraction is high melting and insoluble at room temperature. The amorphous fractions are soluble at room temperature and their molecular weights are found to be ～950 in benzene at 30°C. The yields of the crystalline fraction and the amorphous paste fraction decreased considerably with increasing the catalyst concentration and reaction temperature above 50°C. The yield of the liquid fraction, however, increased with increasing concentration of the catalyst and the reaction temperature. The x-ray diffraction analysis of the crystalline fraction shows that the fraction has 47–50% crystallinity and that its diffraction pattern is similar to that of poly(phenyl glycidyl ether) obtained by Noshay and Price. The infrared spectra of these fractions have been obtained in the region of 650–4000 cm.^?1. These data are compared with those of polystyrene and poly(styrene oxide) and are used to make an assignment of the normal modes of the poly(phenyl glycidyl ether) molecule. On the basis of analyses of polystyrene and poly(styrene oxide), and a study of the combination bands, it has been possible to make a fairly satisfactory assignment of all of the benzene ring fundamentals of the CH₂, CH, and skeletal modes.     

Mechanistic modeling of the reaction kinetics of phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE) + aniline using heat flow and heat capacity profiles from modulated temperature DSC

Modulated temperature DSC (MTDSC) has been performed on phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE) + aniline in order to obtain the non-reversing heat flow and heat capacity profiles simultaneously in a wide range of cure temperatures and mixture compositions. The epoxy (PGE) conversion as determined from the former signal corresponds to the one obtained from separate high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), while the latter signal contains information on the individual reaction steps. Optimized kinetic parameters using a mechanistic approach, including both reactive and non-reactive complexes can successfully simulate MTDSC measurements for isothermal reaction temperatures ranging from 50 to 120 °C and for non-isothermal experiments with mixture compositions corresponding to concentrations of aniline in a range from 1.68 to 6.53 mol kg⁻¹. Concentration profiles for three mixture compositions as obtained from HPLC are also well predicted. The activation energies for the primary amine and secondary amine-epoxy reaction catalyzed by hydroxyl groups are 50 and 52 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively, while the initiation of the reaction corresponds to the primary amine-epoxy reaction catalyzed by primary amine groups with an activation energy of 72 kJ mol⁻¹. A negative substitution effect can be calculated at 0.18 from the ratio of secondary amine to primary amine-epoxy reaction rate constants.     

Cationic polymerization of vinyl monomers initiated by 10-methylphenothiazine cation radicals

A small quantity of 10-methylphenothiazine cation radical (MPT^.+), electrochemically prepared and stocked in acetonitrile solution, initiated cationic polymerizations of n-butyl, t-butyl, and 2-methoxyethyl vinyl ethers and p-methoxystyrene, while no initiation occurred for phenyl vinyl ether, styrene, methyl methacrylate, and phenyl glycidyl ether. ¹H-NMR studies of oligomers and low molecular weight compounds isolated from the reaction mixture for the polymerization of t-butyl vinyl ether in the presence of a small amount of D₂O indicated that electron transfer from the monomer to MPT^.+ was involved in the initiation step. ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR and MO calculation implied that monomers with higher electron densities on the vinyl groups and with lower ionization potentials were more susceptible to the initiation of MPT^.+. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

An analysis of the substitution effects involved in diepoxide-diamine copolymerization reactions

The relative reactivity of the functional groups present in aromatic amine and diepoxide monomers has been investigated by gel permeation chromatography. The ratio of rate constants for the consumption of the secondary and primary amine hydrogens involved in the reaction between aniline and phenyl glycidyl ether has been calculated to equal approximately 0.5. In the case of the reaction between N-methy aniline and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) the rate constant ratio for the consumption of the first and second epoxide groups in the DGEBA molecule is also approximately 0.5. In contradiction to previously published data these results suggest that substitution effects are unimportant for aromatic amines as well as DGEBA. Furthermore, etherification side reactions, consuming epoxide groups at the expense of the amine–epoxide reaction, also appear to be insignificant.     

Straightforward preparation of polymers based on oligodimethylsiloxane and alkylamine

Novel oligodimethylsiloxane‐based polymers with alkyl side chain were synthesized in bulk by step‐growth polymerization between α,ω‐glycidyl ether oligodimethylsiloxanes and a monoalkylamine in the absence of catalyst and at temperatures ranging between 80 and 180 °C. Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight results attested for the high reactivity of the amine functions with the glycidyl groups and revealed that the main polymer structure was (A₂B₂)_n type with alkyl moieties as dangling chains. No etherification was observed during the reaction even at high temperatures and the nature of the end groups strongly depended on the molar ratio between glycidyl and amine functions. Polymerization reactions were followed by ¹H NMR and the kinetics of the glycidyl‐amine reaction pointed out the dependence of temperature, molar ratio, and the molar mass of the oligodimethylsiloxane. High conversion rates were obtained, especially with the lowest molecular weight oligodimethylsiloxane. An optimized kinetic model derived from the Horie's model was discussed and permitted to correctly fit the experimental data. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Kinetic and Quantum-Chemical Study of Oxirane Ring Cleavage with Acids

Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of the reactions of phenyl glycidyl ether and epichlorohydrin with bis(alkylpolyethylene glycol) ether of orthophosphorus acid (oxyphos KD-6) are established. It is shown that the difference in the reactivity of the oxiranes is caused by the electronic effects of substituents and the protonation by the phenolic oxygen atom of phenyl glycidyl ether. Basic solvents decrease the reactivity of the systems. Based on AM1 semiempirical quantum-chemical calculations, a hydroxycarbocation mechanism of the oxirane ring opening was proposed, involving initial formation of unstable cis- and trans-oxonium structures.     

N-p-toluenesulfonyl-2-oxazolidones Via the cycloaddition reaction of p-tolucnesulfonyl isocyanate and epoxides

The reaction of styrene oxide and phenyl glycidyl ether with p-toluenesulfonyl isocyanate, employing a hydrocarbon-soluble adduct of tributylphosphine oxide and lithium bromide as catalyst, results in excellent yields of the N-p-toluenesulfonyl-2-oxazoIidones. The 5-isomeric-2-oxazolidone is obtained from phenyl glycidyl ether, but in contrast to conventional isocyanates, the p-toluenesulfonyl isocyanate, upon reaction with styrene oxide, produces the 4-isomeric 2-oxazolidone as the major product. The effect of the N-sulfonyl group on the nmr spectra of 2-oxazolidones is discussed.     

The relative reactivity of primary and secondary amine hydrogen atoms of aromatic amines with epichlorohydrin and N- and O-glycidyl compounds

The relative value of the rate constants for the reactions between the secondary and primary amine hydrogen atoms of 3-trifluoromethylaniline with epichlorohydrin, and of aniline with phenyl glycidyl ether and with some N-alkyl-N-glycidylanilines were determined by HPLC analysis. Values ranged from 0.14 to 0.24 and are in agreement with the findings of earlier workers for the reactions of aromatic amines with O-glycidyl compounds but in direct conflict with the claim of a recent publication. The value for the reaction between 3-trifluoromethylaniline and epichlorohydrin was unaffected by the nature of the catalyst, which covered a wide range of strengths and steric requirements.     

Gas phase anionic ipso substitution reactions of some alkyl phenyl ethers

It is shown by ¹⁸O labelling that phenoxide anions are formed both by an S_N2 and a nucleophilic aromatic substitution mechanism in the reaction of OH^? with methyl phenyl ether. These mechanisms are of minor importance in the ethyl phenyl ether system where phenoxide anions are generated almost exclusively by an E₂ mechanism.     

Studies on Polymerization of Vinyl Compounds Initiated by Metal Chelate II Kinetics of Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by Nickel Ethyl Acetoacetate in the Presence and the Absence of Aromatic Amines

The kintetic studies of polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with nickel ethyl acetoacetate gave the following equations. R_p=K₁[Monomer]^1.4[Chelate]^0.5, in the absence ox aniline R_p=K₂[Monomer]^1.2[Chelate]^0.5 [Aniline]^0,5, in the presence of aniline. Some aromatic amines such as aniline markedly accelerated the polymerization, while pyridine had no such effect. The activation energy of initiation was 24.8 kcal/mol in the absence of aniline, and 8.8 kcal/mol in the presence of aniline. Both the kinetic data and the infrared spectra of the polymer indicated that the polymerization was radical in nature. The reaction order against monomer varied, as the temperature differed. The spectrophotometric investigation indicated formation of a complex between the chelate and the monomer, or amines. It also showed that the formation of a complex was not a factor which controlled the rate of initiation. A scheme of initiation mechanism was presented on the basis of the above experimental evidence.