Laccase-Catalyzed Oxidative Polymerization of Phenolic Compounds

Enzymatic polymerization of phenolic compounds (catechol, resorcinol, and hydroquinone) was carried out using laccase. The mechanism of polymerization and the structures of the polymers were evaluated in terms of UV–Vis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The molecular weights of the produced polyphenols were determined with GPC. The results showed that the phenolic monomers firstly turned into quinone intermediates by laccase catalysis. Through further oxidation, the intermediates formed covalent bonds. Finally, catechol units were linked together with ether bonds, and both resorcinol and hydroquinone units were linked together with C-C bonds. The number-average molecular weights of the polyphenols ranged from 1,000 to 1,400 Da (corresponding to the degree of polymerization that varied from 10 to 12) with a lower polydispersity value of about 1.10, showing selective polymerization of phenolic compounds catalyzed by laccase.     

Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide By Organoaluminum Compounds

Abstract

The polymerization of cyclohexene oxide (CHO) by various organoaluminum compounds such as R₃Al (R = Me, Et, i-Bu), Et₂AlCl, and EtAlCl₂ is reported. Ethyl-substituted aluminum compounds were found to be very effective for this polymerization. As more chlorine atom is substituted on the aluminum atom, the polymer yield was increased though the molecular weight was decreased. The polymer yields at varying monomer-to-catalyst mole ratios (M/C) were similar (80–93%). The temperature and solvent effect for the present polymerization were also studied. The present poly(CHO) was a less stereoregular (atactic) isomer, regardless of catalysts and polymerization conditions. The resulting poly(CHO) was a white powder ad was soluble in aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbon solvents such as benzene, chlorobenzene, CCl₄, chloroform, etc.     

氧化还原酶催化合成芳香聚合物的研究进展

主要概括了近年来以典型的氧化还原酶包括辣根过氧化物酶，大豆过氧化物酶和漆酶等催化合成苯酚，双酚，蒽醌类聚合物，苯胺类聚合物，聚苯醚等聚芳香族功能高分子材料的研究进展，并对多酶法与化学酶法的酶促合成作了介绍。     

端炔丙基化合物的聚合反应研究进展

端炔丙基化合物的聚合产物以其优异电导性,非线性光学特性等性能而引起人们的广泛兴趣,本文了近年来端炔丙基化合物的氧化聚合、易位聚合、自由基聚合、缩聚等聚合的研究进展。     

Controlled Radical Polymerization of Ethylene Using Organotellurium Compounds

The first successfully controlled radical polymerization (CRP) of ethylene is reported using several organotellurium chain‐transfer agents (CTAs) under mild conditions (70 °C, 200 bar of ethylene) within the concept of organotellurium‐mediated radical polymerization (TERP). In contrast to preceding works on CRPs of ethylene applying reversible addition–fragmentation chain‐transfer (RAFT), the TERP system provided a high livingness and chain‐end functionalization of polyethylene chains. Molar‐mass distributions with dispersities between 1.3 and 2.1 were obtained up to average molar masses of 5000 g mol^?1. As in the RAFT system, the high reactivity of the growing polyethylenyl radical led to an inherent side reaction. For the presented TERP systems, however, this side reaction did not result in dead chains, while it could even be effectively suppressed by a good choice of the CTA.     

铁系化合物催化脂肪族环酯聚合反应

以常见铁系化合物为催化剂对L-丙交酯（L-LA）及与ε-己内酯（ε-CL）的开环聚合反应进行了研究,探讨了体系反应温度、反应时间和催化剂用量等因素对聚合反应的影响,以及L-丙交酯在以铁系化合物作为催化剂时的开环聚合反应机理。用凝胶渗透色谱（GPC）、核磁共振氢谱（1H-NMR）、电感耦合-等离子发射光谱（ICP-AES...     

Fluorothiocarbonyl compounds. VI. Free-radical polymerization of thiocarbonyl fluoride

Thiocarbonyl fluoride, CF₂?S, and thiocarbonyl chlorofluoride, CFCl?S, undergo addition polymerization in free radical-initiated systems. In addition, both compounds copolymerize with various unsaturated compounds, including typical vinyl and vinylidene monomers. The chlorofluoride, because of its rapid polymerization rate, copolymerizes best with very active monomers, of which 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene is an example. Thiocarbonyl fluoride polymerizes best at low temperatures. The trialkylborane—oxygen redox couple has been adapted to free-radical polymerizations and copolymerizations from ?60 to ?120°C. With such initiation CF₂?S has been copolymerized with terminal and internal olefins, vinyl compounds, allyl compounds, and acrylic esters. Copolymerization with propylene is unusual, in that it proceeds in a manner that strongly favors a product composed of two molecules of CF₂?S for each propylene. In other cases, product compositions are more responsive to the ratio of monomers charged.     

醛类的等离子体聚合Ⅰ.丁醛等离子体聚合及聚合物结构与性能

应用外部电容耦合式等离子体聚合方法,首次得到了丁醛聚合物,研究了其聚合规律,找到了较好的聚合条件。通过元素分析和红外光谱分析,证实丁醛等离子体聚合物为交联结构;电子衍射分析和X-射线衍射分析发现聚合物中存在部分结晶,而且部分以单晶形式存在;表面能测定表明丁醛等离子体聚合物为疏水性。并初步探讨了反应机理。     

有机杂环化合物在金属表面的化学及电化学聚合

介绍了2004年国家自然科学奖二等奖获奖项目“有机杂环化合物在金属表面的化学及电化学聚合”的主要科学内容、学术界的引用评述以及在学科发展、人才培养方面的成果。     

Radiation-Induced Solid-State Polymerization in Binary Systems. VI. Polymerization of Vinyl Compounds in the Supercooled Liquid Phase

Abstract

The radiation-induced polymerization of glass-forming systems containing vinyl monomers was investigated. Irradiation below the secondorder transition temperature (T_g) of the systems causes no in-source polymerization but does cause a very rapid postpolymerization in the course of heating above T_g. Differential thermal analysis was carried out to estimate T_g and to follow the postpolymerization.     

Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in the Presence of Aromatic Nitroso Compounds

Features of radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of various aromatic nitroso compounds (nitrosobenzene, nitrosodurene, 2,4,6-tribromonitrosobenzene) as potential sources of stable nitroxyl radicals controlling the chain propagation were studied.     

Active Centers for the Stereospecific Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate by Organomagnesium Compounds

New evidence on the polymerization kinetics of methyl methacrylate and molar mass distributions is presented which together with earlier work on the stereochemistry of the polymerization of α,β-dideuteroacrylates shows that these are not typical anionic polymerizations. The persistence and stability of the active centers, together with evidence that the α-carbon of the monomer assumes the tetrahedral configuration it takes in the polymer chain as it becomes the active chain end, suggests that the active centers are covalent magnesium-carbon bonds. Existing hypotheses about the mechanism of steric control in homogeneous polymerizations are examined. Kinetic evidence confirms that complexing of the monomer to the active center does occur. However, intramolecular complexing of the penultimate or antepenultimate chain carbonyl group to the metal is not a prerequisite for isotactic polymerization though it may be involved in controlling the in-chain configuration of the β-carbon. Gel-permeation chromatography shows that in some systems more than one active center operates independently. These centers are established in the initiation stages and persist. The proportions of active centers of different reactivity and stereo-specificity are determined by conditions prevailing during initiation and it is these that primarily determine the structure of the polymers formed. Evidence is reported that confirms this.     

Dual Reactivity of Magnesium Compounds as Initiators for Anionic and Cationic Polymerization

Organomagnesium compounds are well known initiators of anionic polymerization of polar monomers. However, we have found recently that in the presence of compounds with labile halogen atoms, e.g., benzyl chloride, they are also active initiators of cationic polymerization of isobutylene and styrene in hydrocarbon media. The tentative scheme of cationic initiation is suggested assuming the formation of benzyl cation connected with Mg₂Cl₅⁻ counter-ion. The scheme is confirmed by quantum-chemical calculations and ¹H NMR analysis of polyisobutylene. On addition of a polar monomer, N,N-dimethylacrylamide or 2-vinylpyridine, to Bu₂Mg-BzCl-isobutylene polymerizing mixture, the former readily polymerizes. The mixture of homopolymers rather than block copolymers is formed in this case, however, this fact proves the co-existence of anionic and cationic centers in the system.     

Effect of Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Compounds on the Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate

Polymerization of methyl methacrylate was carried out at 55 and 65°C using benzoyl peroxide as initiator in the presence of the fol-lowing additives: (a) cholesteric compounds like cholesterol, cho-lesteryl acetate, cholesteryl caprylate, cholesteryl stearate, choles-teryl chloride, cholesteryl laurate, cholesteryl oleyl carbonate, and cholesteryl 2-ethylhexyl carbonate, (b) a nematic liquid crystal, N-(p-methoxy benzylidene)-p-butyl aniline, and (c) rodlike molecules like 2-butynediol and diacetylene diol. The rates of polymerization, activation energies, molecular weights, and tacticities of the poly-mer are discussed in the light of monomer + additive interactions. It is found that monomer-additive complexes affect the polymerization rates.     

Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate by Organometallic Compounds. V. Dark Stoichiometric and Polymerization Reactions between Trialkylaluminums and Methyl Methacrylate

The stoichiometric reaction products of the reaction of triethylaluminum and methyl methacrylate (MMA) derive from a different complex to that responsible for the photosensitized, radical polymerization. The stoichiometric products are the result of nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group of MMA (1,2 addition). No 3,4 nucleophilic adducts are found and it is questioned whether the one product usually believed to be the result of conjugate (1,4) attack does so arise. The reactions have been followed, in situ, using 60 MHz NMR and mechanisms are discussed. The nucleophilic addition reactions do not develop into an anionic polymerization chain. The equilibrium constants governing MMA-triethylaluminium complex formation are such that the 1:1 complex, the precursor of radical polymerization, prevails overwhelmingly in MMA-rich mixtures and the precursor of stoichiometric, nucleophilic, addition reactions prevails in A1-rich mixtures. The validity of diagnostic tests for polymerization mechanism based on the nature of concomitant, low molecular weight products is discussed.

It is confirmed that triethylaluminium does not initiate MMA polymerization in the dark over the temperatures 233-333°K. We find diisobutylalumin-ium hydride inert, in dark or light, at 298 and 333°K. Triisobutylaluminium only initiates MMA when illuminated at 298°K, but at 333°K there is also a significant dark rate. Preliminary copolymerization experiments, devised to elucidate the mechanism of this dark polymerization, suggest that, as in the case of the photo-sensitized, triethylaluminium-initiated, radical polymerization, it proceeds from a 1:1 MMA: trialkylaluminium complex.     

Chemical Investigation on Various Aromatic Compounds Polymerization in Low Pressure Helium Plasma

Remarkable properties of plasma polymer films are greatly dependent not only on the chemical structure of precursor but also on the reactor design and the deposition conditions. In many industrial applications it is a challenge to control the plasma polymer structure. In this paper we investigate the chemical transformation of various aromatic compounds, such as activation and fragmentation of substituent-part, aromatic ring opening, during plasma polymerization process. Polymerized films are deposited in a low-frequency capacitively coupled plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition reactor, working at low pressure. The chemical composition of plasma-polymerized films is elucidated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Based on spectroscopic measurements, the intermediary reactions during film growth may be presumed.     

Polymerization of Phenylacetylene by Molybdenum (V) Chloride Activated by Acetylene Compounds

Abstract

The activating effect of acetylenic compounds for the polymerization of phenylacetylene by molybdenum (V) chloride. The alkyl and aromatic terminal acetylenes were found to activate the MoCl5 for the polymerization of phenylacetylene. The terminal acetylenes having acidic hydrogen (functional group: carboxylic acid, hydroxy) also activate the MoCl5 catalysts. On the other hand, the polymerization of phenylacetylene using MoCl5-acetylenic amines did not proceed.     

有机镁化合物提高乙烯聚合催化效率的作用

本文报导了有机镁化合物能促进提高几种钛系载体催化剂的乙烯聚合催化效率,载体MgCl₂含量增加,这种促进作用增大.认为有机镁具有促使载体疏松化和改变催化活性中心Ti的配位基电效应等作用.     

Contribution to Global Warming of Plasma Polymerization and Treatment Processes Fed with Fluorinated Compounds

Many fluorine containing compounds utilized in plasma processing, namely plasma polymerization and treatment of materials, have marked greenhouse characteristics as they are able to absorb IR-radiation and have long lifetimes in the atmosphere. The unreacted portion of the feeds and some by-products released in the atmosphere during plasma processing contribute to the global warming of the Earth. This is a problem whose general aspects are discussed in this paper, together with the evaluation of the effects on global warming of the effluents of plasmas fed with some fluorine containing compounds.