Synthesis of Comblike Poly（methyl methacrylate） by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Poly（ethyl 2-bromoacrylate） as Macroinitiator

Comblike poly(methyl methacrylate) was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate with poly(ethyl 2-bromoacrylate) as a macroinitiator, which was prepared by conventional free radical polymerization of ethyl 2-bromoacrylate. The obtained comblike polymers were characterized by GPC and ^1H NMR.     

Novel Cross‐Linked Conducting Polythiophene with Yellow‐Green‐Light‐Emitting Properties and Good Thermal Stability

A novel conjugated polythiophene derivative with polymethacrylate attaching to the polymer backbone via an alkyl spacer was successfully synthesized. A methacrylate‐substituted thiophene monomer, 3‐(hexyl methacrylate)thiophene was prepared and polymerized by free radical polymerization, followed by an electrochemical polymerization. The resulting polymer as a yellow‐green‐light emitter, has potential applications in photoelectronics area.     

弱阴离子交换整体柱对白介素-18的分离

制备了弱阴离子交换整体柱,并建立了白介素-18在该柱上分离纯化的方法。以色谱柱管为模具,通过原位聚合法制备了一种以甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯(GMA)为单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EDMA)为交联剂的整体色谱柱,并用二乙胺将其修饰为弱阴离子交换柱。考察了交联剂及致孔剂用量对色谱柱压力的影响,发现:随着交联剂用量的减小,致孔剂用量的增大,柱压下降;当交联剂和致孔剂用量达到一定水平后,柱压变化不再明显,但柱体机械强度降低。用该柱对白介素-18进行了分离,同时考察了不同固定相、缓冲液体系、pH值、盐的类型以及有机添加剂对白介素-18分离效果的影响。方法简单、灵敏、快速,重现性好。     

Vinylphosphonic esters as end-capping agents in group transfer polymerization

Diethyl vinylphosphonate does not undergo group transfer polymerization (GTP), but does react with the silyl ketene acetal end group of PMMA prepared by GTP to give α-(2-diethoxyphosphinylethyl) PMMA. Copolymerization of MMA and small amounts of diethyl vinylphosphonate led to copolymer. The telechelic PMMA diphosphonic acid, α-(2-dihydroxyphosphinylethyl) ω-dihydroxyphosphinylPMMA, was synthesized by initiation of GTP of MMA with diethyl 3-methoxy-3-trimethylsiloxy-2-propene-1-phosphonate, followed by termination with diethyl vinylphosphonate, silylation of the phosphonic ester with bromotrimethylsilane, and hydrolysis. Reaction of living poly (methyl methacrylateco-n-butyl methacrylate), prepared by GTP, with bis (trimethylsilyl) vinylphosphonate followed by hydrolysis gave α-(2-dihydroxyphosphinylethyl) poly (methyl methacrylateco-n-butyl methacrylate).     

聚甲基丙烯酸-2,2,3,3-四氟丙酯的立构规整性

本文报道了由60℃自由基引发聚合得到的聚甲基丙烯酸-2,3,3-四氟丙酯,经浓硫酸水解而生成聚甲基丙烯酸。后者以重氮甲烷酯化,转化成聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯,并且分别作红外光谱、核磁共振波谱分析。根据分析结果推断聚甲基丙烯酸-2,2,3,3-四氟丙酯为无规立构聚合物,并与聚甲基丙烯酸正丙酯衍生而来的相应产物作比较。     

Synthesis and properties of amphiphilic vinyl acetate triblock copolymers prepared by copper mediated living radical polymerisation

Polymerisation of vinyl acetate by conventional free radical polymerisation using a diazo initiator followed by copper mediated living radical polymerisation with a range of monomers was studied. This method led to the synthesis of triblock copolymers. We have thus successfully prepared several new ABA triblock copolymers where B is poly(vinyl acetate) and A is (dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), (polyethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (MeO(PEG)MA) or solketal methacrylate (SMA). The sequential conventional/living radical polymerisation approach provided an efficient route to synthesis of new block copolymers. The properties of these amphiphilic polymers have been subsequently investigated by ¹H NMR, fluorescence spectroscopy, tensiometry and dynamic light scattering to investigate their behaviour as potential surfactants.     

Two-Dimensional Chromatographic Analysis of Polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers Synthesized by Selective Oxidation of Polystrene-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane

Summary: The preparation of polystyrene block methyl methacrylate copolymers (PS-b-PMMA) is described. The polystyrene segment was prepared by anionic polymerization and the methylmethacrylate segment was prepared via free radical autoxidation of a borane agent attached to the styrene chain. 1 The chemistry involves a transformation of the anionic polymerization process to borane chemistry by firstly producing polystyrene with chain end unsaturated alkyl functional groups prepared using a n-butyllithium initiator and termination with allylchlorodimethylsilane. Secondly, the unsaturated macroinitiator end was hydroborated by 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) to produce a borane terminated PS. Thirdly, the borane group at the chain end was selectively oxidized and converted to polymeric radicals in the presence of methyl methacrylate which then initiated radical polymerization to produce block copolymers. The polymer obtained was characterized using several chromatographic techniques including LC-CC (liquid chromatography under critical conditions) for the polystyrene segments and two-dimensional chromatography with LC-CC in the first dimension and SEC in the second. The results show that block formation was successful although significant homopolymerization of methyl methacrylate is also obtained.     

Structure changes on polymer blends by means of phase growth on microheterophase surface

We have studied the structural changes on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA)/polystyrene (PS) blends by means of phase growth of microheterophase pattern on a template surface composed of poly[2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)-g-styrene (S)] graft copolymer (lamellar shape). The PS macromonomer was synthesized by free radical polymerization of S monomer initiated by a functional initiator [2,2'-azobis(2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane: VA-061] in the presence of a degradative chain transfer agent, followed by an end-capping reaction with p-chloromethylstyrene (CMS). Poly(HEMA-g-S) graft copolymers were prepared by free radical copolymerization of these vinylbenzyl-terminated PS macromonomers with HEMA comonomer.     

Development of principles of controlled synthesis of monolithic polymeric sorbents for ion chromatography

A series of monolithic macroporous sorbents based on glycidyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate were prepared by free radical copolymerization. The effect of polymerization conditions and composition of reaction mixture on the pore structure of the monolithic material was studied by IR spectroscopy, intrusion mercury porosimetry, and scanning electron microscopy.     

Polymers having stable radicals. I. Synthesis of nitroxyl polymers from 4-methacryloyl derivatives of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine

Polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals, poly-4-methacryloylamino- and poly-4-methacryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyls, were synthesized from their precursor polymers by oxidizing them in a methanolic solution of hydrogen peroxide. The precursor polymers were prepared by radical polymerization of 4-methacryloyl-amino/oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines in various solvents. These polymerizations in acetic acid were found to yield polymers of high molecular weight. The copolymers of the precursor monomers with styrene and methyl methacrylate were also prepared as precursor copolymers. These precursor polymers of a piperidine type were converted to the polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals by the hydrogen peroxide method. In this report, it was assumed that the post-oxidation reaction introduced a nitroxyl group smoothly and quantitatively at room temperature. Elucidations of the stable radical formation and the electron spin behavior of the stable radical polymers were made in terms of elemental analyses, infrared, ultraviolet, and ESR spectroscopy.     

含疏水链节的聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺共聚物的温敏性

采用溶液聚合法合成了一系列N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)与甲基丙烯酸甲酯、丙烯酸乙酯、丙烯酸丁酯或甲基丙烯酸丁酯的无规共聚物,用浊度观测法和光散射法测定了不同共聚物水溶液的温敏相转变行为.结果表明:所得共聚物的低临界溶解温度(LCST)均低于均聚物PNIPAM的,酯类单体的结构和含量对共聚物的LCST有显著影响,其中酯基上的烷基对共聚物LCST的影响能力大于丙烯酸酯α位上的烷基,前者对增大共聚物的疏水性有更大贡献.通过NIPAM与特定丙烯酸酯单体进行无规共聚可以合成转变温度低于PNIPAM均聚物且具有预设LCST数值的水溶性温敏聚合物.     

Statistical copolymers of styrene and 2-vinylpyridine with trimethylsilyl methacrylate and trimethylsilyloxyethyl methacrylate

Statistical copolymers of styrene with trimethylsilyl methacrylate, STMS, and trimethylsilyloxyethyl methacrylate, STME, and of 2-vinylpyridine with trimethylsilyloxyethyl methacrylate, VTME were prepared by free radical copolymerization in benzene with 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile, AIBN. The reactivity ratios of the different monomers were estimated using the Finemann-Ross, the inverted Finemann-Ross, and the Kelen-Tüdos or the extended Kelen-Tüdos graphical methods. Structural parameters of the copolymers were obtained by calculating the diad sequence fractions, which were derived using the monomer reactivity ratios. The results were compared with those obtained from the copolymerization of styrene and 2-vinylpyridine with methacrylic acid and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.     

Synthesis and properties of graft copolymers based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) macromonomers

Graft copolymers of poly(methyl methacrylate) with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), PHB, segments as long side chains were prepared by the macromonomer method. PHB macromonomers were prepared from the esterification of oligomers with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate at their carboxylic acid end. Esterification products displayed low polydispersity indices (ca. 1.2) and a functionality of over 83%, with a Mn of 2,020. Using free radical polymerization methods, the macromonomers were copolymerized with methyl methacrylate to yield graft (comb type) copolymers at different comonomer feed ratios. The graft copolymers contained from 0.5 to 14 mol-% of PHB blocks, with a glass transition temperature decreasing from 100 to 3 degrees C.     

Amine activators for the “cool” peroxide initiated polymerization of acrylic monomers

Two tertiary amines with a chemical structure rather similar to dimethyl-4-toluidine have been prepared and tested as activators for the free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate. 4-Dimethylaminobenzyl alcohol, DMOH, was synthesized by reduction of the corresponding benzaldehyde. 4-Dimethylaminobenzyl methacrylate, DMMO, was synthesized by condensation of methacryloyl chloride with DMOH in the presence of triethylamine as catalyst. Kinetic studies of the bulk polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by the redox system BPO–amine have been carried out by differential scanning calorimetry at different temperatures in the interval 30–40°C. An increase of the overall rate constant, k, with increasing temperature was observed for all redox systems. The system BPO/DMT gave the highest values of k. The polymerizations catalyzed by DMOH and DMMO respectively gave lower values of the overall Arrhenius activation than that obtained with DMT. DMMO may participate in the polymerization not only as activator but also as an acrylic derivative which can be incorporated into the polymeric growing chains during the propagation step of the free radical polymerization. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Quantum Chemistry: A Powerful Tool in Polymer Reaction Engineering

Summary: The potentials of computational techniques based on quantum mechanics, to support and complement the experimental analysis, are examined. Mechanisms and reaction paths involved in the free radical polymerization of widely used monomers are studied through a computational approach based on Density Functional Theory (DFT). First, the attention is focused on the initiation kinetics in order to evaluate the role of the initiators in the polymerization process. Methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, and styrene homopolymerization using different initiators are studied. Then, propagation kinetics is investigated. In particular, the propagation kinetic rate constants for different kinds of acrylates, methacrylates and acetates are calculated and compared with experimental data reported in the literature. The same computational approach is applied to the study of secondary reactions (backbiting, beta-scission) occurring during free radical polymerizations. Finally, the same methodologies are applied to copolymer systems, with emphasis on the evaluation of the role of penultimate effect. The copolymers vinyl acetate/methyl methacrylate and styrene/methyl methacrylate are investigated as system characterized by weak and strong penultimate effect, respectively.     

Degradation thermique des copolymeres methacrylate de methyle-chlorure de vinylidene

The thermal degradation, under inert atmosphere, of a set of methyl-methacrylate-vinylidene chloride copolymers prepared by free radical copolymerization with constant composition conditions, is studied by thermogravimetry coupled with titration of HCl evolved and with gas chromatographic analysis of volatile products (monomers, methyl chloride). Only the formation of methyl methacrylate can be related to the sequence distribution.     

水溶性聚丙烯酸类卷材涂料前驱成膜物的制备

以丙烯酸、丙烯酸丁酯和甲基丙烯酸甲酯为单体,采用自由基聚合法制备了聚丙烯酸卷材涂料前驱成膜物,获得了适宜的制备工艺条件。研究表明,以三元共聚体系聚合产物为根本,以氨基树脂为交联剂,三乙胺为中和剂,可制备令人满意的水溶性聚丙烯酸卷材涂料前驱成膜物,为开发水溶性聚丙烯酸卷材涂料提供了基础数据。     

Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of comb polymers

The paper describes the synthesis and characterization of comb polymers by a two-step chemo-enzymatic process. In the first step macromonomers bearing unsaturation at the chain end were prepared by lipase catalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (CL) and 1,5-dioxepane-2-one (DXO). The ROP was carried out in bulk at 60 °C under anhydrous conditions using 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as the initiator. The DP of the macromonomers was controlled by regulating the monomer: HEMA molar feed concentration. The macromonomers were then homo- or co-polymerized in the second step with alkyl methacrylate monomers (methyl methacrylate or HEMA) using AIBN initiated free radical polymerization. Characterization of the polymers was done by ¹H NMR, SEC and DSC techniques.     

Some Studies on the Plasma-Initiated Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in the Liquid State

Previous results obtained for the free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate were used to predict the mechanism of plasmainitiated polymerization of this monomer in the liquid state. The data obtained by use of high resolution NMR spectra strongly predict a free radical mechanism for the plasma-initiated polymerization of methyl methacrylate.     

Methacrylate-based monolithic layers for planar chromatography of polymers

A series of macroporous monolithic methacrylate-based materials was synthesized by in situ free radical UV-initiated copolymerization of functional monomers, such as glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), butyl methacrylate (BuMA), 2-aminoethyl methacrylate (AEMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and 2-cyanoethyl methacrylate (CEMA), with crosslinking agent, namely, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA). The materials obtained were applied as the stationary phases in simple and robust technique - planar chromatography (PLC). The method of separation layer fabrication representing macroporous polymer monolith bound to the specially prepared glass surface was developed and optimized. The GMA-EDMA and BuMA-EDMA matrixes were successfully applied for the separation of low molecular weight compounds (the mixture of several dies), as well as poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and polystyrene homopolymers of different molecular weights using reversed-phase mechanism. The materials based on copolymers AEMA-HEMA-EDMA and CEMA-HEMA-EDMA were used for normal-phase PLC separation of 2,4-dinitrophenyl amino acids and polystyrene standards.