Polymérisation anionique des diènes. IV. Contribution aux etudes des mécanismes de propagation stéréospécifique des isoprène et butadiène par les organo-alcalins

By taking into account different possible interactions between the living end, the counterion and the nature of the solvent used on the one hand, and the influence of the temperature on the kinetics and the microstructures of polydienes on the other hand, it has been possible to suggest some new explanations concerning the mechanisms of the anionic propagation of butadiene and isoprene. In hydrocarbon media, the stereospecificity of the 1,4 propagation initiated by lithium should be considered as the consequence of the coordination of the counterion by both of the two bonds of the diene molécule. The stereospecificity of the vinyl propagation by the same counterion in dioxane solvent should be the consequence of the competition between the (Li⁺, dioxane) and (Li⁺, diene) coordination complexations. In this case, the Li⁺ counterion should only be coordinated by only one of the two double bonds of the diene molecule. With isoprene, the π-electron donation should originate mainly from the C₃?C₄ double bond. The decrease of the stereospecificity is due to the increasing size of the alkali counterion and the separation or the dissociation of the growing ion-pairs.     

Polymérisation anionique des diènes. VI. Microstructure des polybutadiène et polyisoprène par résonance magnétique protonique à 250 MHz et mécanismes de propagation

Analysis by 250-MHz proton magnetic resonance (PMR) allows more precise examination of the microstructure of anionic polyisoprenes and polybutadienes obtained in the presence of organo-alkali metals. Besides vinyl addition, the propagation of contact ion pairs in dioxane solvent gives a mixture of cis and trans products with isoprene, whereas only trans product is obtained with butadiene. The presence of 1,4-trans-polyisoprene appears to be inconsistent with the cis configuration of the polyisoprenyllithium living end in dioxane or tetrahydrofurane media. In taking into account the existence of complexation phenomena, it was suggested that propagation mechanisms should involve a transition state which should begin with the trans configuration before isomerization into the more stable cis configuration. For the free ions, the living end of the carbanion should be entirely trans.     

Polymérisation anionique des diènes. V. Configurations des oligopolyisoprènyl–lithium en milieu benzènique et en présence de dioxanne. Étude par résonance magnétique protonique: Haute résolution (RMP-HR)

By PMR, three dioxane–Li⁺ complexes have been detected for the oligopolyisoprenyl–lithium–dioxane mixtures in benzene solution. The (4-1) living end isomerizes into the cis configuration when the sample temperature or the dioxane concentration is increased, but the isomerization phenomenon is reversible only if dioxane/Li⁺ ratios are smaller than unity. The specificity of the vinyl addition (86%), mainly (4-3) (70%), due to the stronger negative charge at the C_γ carbon atom is effective only at low temperature (+15°C). At higher temperature, because of the steric hindrance of the methyl group, this stereospecificity decreases.     

Polymérisation anionique de l'isoprène: Nature de la paire d'ions et stéréospécificité. II. Influence de la nature du solvant

The present work reports some new results on the dependence between the stereospecificity of the anionic propagation of isoprene and the nature of the active centers. The stereospecificity of the propagation of macroheterobicylce separated ion pairs does not depend on the nature of the alkali counterions, and the microstructure of the polyisoprenes obtained does not differ from that of those produced by free ions. Variations in the microstructure were observed in the propagation of contact ion pairs, depending on the nature of the cation and the solvent used. These variations are likely to be related to the degree of intimacy of the contact ion pairs. There are two main factors which affect the stereospecificity of the propagations in different ways: the size of the cation and the donating power of the solvent. Finally, the external solvation of the propagation ions pairs was confirmed by the microstructure of polyisoprenes synthesized in mixed (inert + donor) solvents.     

Etude de la reactivite de la vinyl-2 Pyridine en polymerisation anionique—I: Cinetique de l'homopolymerisation AVEC les contre-ions Na+ et Cs+ Dans le tetrahydrofuranne

A kinetic study of the anionic polymerization of 2VP in T.H.F. solution has shown that, for Na⁺ as counter-ion, experimental results can be interpreted by the existence of thermodynamic equilibrium between three types of active centres (contact ions pairs, free ions and positive triple ions) the reactivities of which were estimated. When the counter-ion is Cs⁺, the system can be described by a single equilibrium between ion pairs and free ions. The reactivity of free anions has been measured at various temperatures; at 0°, for example the rate constant of propagation k_(?) = 105.000 l mole^?1 sec^?1.     

Polymérisation anionique de i'isoprene et du butadiene en presence d'agents complexants

With the aid of DCHE and [222], solutions of sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium have been prepared in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and in benzene. All these new species initiate the polymerization of butadiene and isoprene avoiding the inconvenience of heterogeneous reactions. The presence of free ions and/or complexed ion pairs allows the increase of vinyl structures even in benzene.     

Polymerisation anionique du methacrylate de methyle par les organoalcalins—II. Polymerisation en milieu solvant protonique et influence de la temperature sur les tacticites des polymeres

Anionic polymerization of methylmethacrylate, initiated by fluorenyl-alkali metals in amine media, gives syndiotactic polymers.With amines having high dielectric constant (NH₃ and MeA) Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ give approximately the same values of differential enthalpies and entropies of activation for iso- and syndiotactic placements.With primary amines having moderate dielectric constant (5 < ? < 7), influence of the nature of the counter-ion has been observed. The syndiotacticity increases with increasing alkali cation radius.For the same ion pair, the syndiotacticity of the propagation depends on the nature of the primary amine. From the absorption peak shifts detected by u.v. spectroscopy, it has been suggested that the living carbanion is solvated by amines. Because of this solvation, the coordination bond between the carboxy group of the living chain-end and the counter-ion is weakened; the syndiotactic placement is thus favoured.The strength of the solvation phenomenon depends on the steric hindrance of the amine molecule. Differences between the stereoconfiguration propagations have been observed for the bulky cyclohexylamine and the smaller and less rigid n-butylamine and ethylamine. With iso-propylamine, the behaviour of the anionic propagation is intermediate.Finally, with free ions or loose ion pairs, the anionic propagation is not affected by solvation of the living carbanion.     

Dual influence of lithium chloride on the anionic propagation of polystyryllithium in ethereal solvents

The addition of lithium chloride (LiCl) to a solution of polystyryllithium (PStLi) in tetrahydropyran (THP) reduces the rate of propagation of PStLi at a low concentration of the latter but accelerates it at higher concentrations of PStLi. Moreover, the addition of LiCl, which is dimeric in ethereal solutions, increases the conductance of PStLi solutions in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and THP to a much greater extent than expected from the separate conductances of PStLi and LiCl, which is itself even less dissociated than PStLi. These phenomena are fully explained by the dual action of LiCl. Below a certain concentration of PStLi, the dissociation, not of LiCl as such, as claimed before, but of its solvated dimer into free Li⁺ ions and ClLiCl⁻ triple ions provides Li⁺ ions that repress the ionic dissociation of PStLi by a common ion effect. This, in turn, diminishes the concentration of free polystyryl anions, which are the dominating species responsible for the propagation of PStLi, resulting in retardation. However, at higher concentrations of PStLi, Li⁺ ions produced by its dissociation are scavenged by the scavenging action of LiCl dimers, producing quintuple cations. This reduces the concentration of free Li⁺ ions and, therefore, increases the concentration of the reactive free polystyryl anions, resulting in an acceleration of the propagation. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 2148–2157, 2002     

Vibrational Spectroscopic Study on Ion Solvation and Ion Association of Lithium Tetrafluoroborate in 4‐Ethoxymethyl‐ethylene Carbonate

应用红外及拉曼光谱研究了不同浓度的四氟硼酸锂在4-乙氧甲基-碳酸乙烯酯溶剂中的离子溶剂化和离子缔合现象。环形变谱带和羰基伸缩振动谱带的分裂,以及骨架环振动谱带的迁移和分裂表明,锂离子与溶剂分子间存在着较强的相互作用,这种相互作用是通过溶剂羰基氧原子实现的。利用光谱拟合技术定量计算了表观溶剂化数。随着电解质锂盐浓度的增加,溶剂化数逐渐由4.32降至1.26。此外,四氟硼酸根v1谱带的分裂表明在高浓度溶液中存在着光谱自由的四氟硼酸根、直接接触离子对和离子对二聚体。     

Real‐Time Probing of Ion Pairing Dynamics with 2DIR Spectroscopy

Chemical exchange two‐dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectroscopy is applied to investigate ion pairing dynamics occurring on picosecond timescales. SeCN^? ion is used as a vibrational probe. The SeCN^? ion dissolved in N,N‐dimethyl formamide (DMF) has a sufficiently long vibrational lifetime and can form a contact ion pair with Li⁺ ion in DMF. The CN stretch frequency of the contact ion pair is significantly blue‐shifted from that of free SeCN^? so the free SeCN^? ion can be spectrally distinct from the contact ion pair in DMF. Therefore, we were able to directly monitor the ion pairing dynamics of Li⁺ and SeCN^? in real time by using ultrafast 2DIR spectroscopy. As a result, we have determined the dissociation time constant of the LiSeCN contact ion pair to be 420±40 ps.     

Etude de la reactivite de la vinyl-2 pyridine en polymerisation anionique–II. Copolymerisation avec le diphenyl-1,1 ethylene

A kinetic study was made for addition of 1,1-diphenylethylene to active species-involved in anionic polymerizations of 2-vinyl pyridine and styrene in tetrahydrofuran solution with Cs⁺ as counter-ion: it showed that poly(styrene)^? free ion is much more reactive than poly(2-vinylpyridine)^? free ion. The intrinsic reactivity of the corresponding ion pairs varies in the same way as for the free ions but not proportionally. The measured values corroborate previous values established for the homopolymerizations of these monomers. For Na⁺ as counter-ion, the experimental results are explained by cation solvation by pyridine moieties.     

Dual influence of lithium chloride on the reactivity of polystyryllithium in ethereal solvents

Addition of LiCl to ethereal solutions of polystyryllithium retards propagation of the polymerization at low polymer concentration, but accelerates it at higher polymer concentrations. This phenomenon is accounted for by the dual action of LiCl. Its dissociation yielding free common Li⁺ ions which diminish the concentration of the reactive free polystyryl anions dominates at low electrolyte concentrations. However, at their higher concentrations the Li⁺ scavenging action of LiCl, resulting in the formation of LiClLi⁺ triple ions, becomes important, it reduces the concentration of the free Li⁺ ions and increases, therefore, the proportion of the reactive free polystyryl anions.     

Synthesis and Characterization of the Dilithium Salt of the Octasilyl[4]radialene Dianion: Evidence for a Lithium Walk on the Eight-Center,Ten-Electron π-Electron System

A highly symmetric structure is displayed in toluene by 1 , which was obtained by reduction of octasilyl[4]radialene with lithium in THF. The two Li⁺ ions of 1 are not fixed to the π-electron system in toluene, but are fluxional, giving rise to a bis-contact ion pair. In a solvating medium such as THF, one of the Li⁺ ions dissociates in such a way that 1 exists as a contact ion pair and a solvent-separated ion pair.     

Polymérisation anionique de l'isoprène: Nature de la paire d'ions et stéréospécificité

With accumulated HR-NMR spectra of anionic polyisoprenes, it has been possible to study the influence of the nature of the propagating species on the microstructure of the obtained polymers If free ions are responsible for the propagation, the microstructure (1,4-: 25%, 1,2-: 33%, 3,4-: 42%) does not depend on the nature of the cations. But with contact ion pairs, the different addition modes are governed by the size of the alkali metal counterions. Mechanisms of anionic propagations via diene–cation coordination are proposed.     

The structures of [C4H4]+˙ ions by photodissociation in an ion cyclotron resonance spectrometer

The photodissociation of [C₄H₄]⁺˙ fragment ions at the ion cyclotron resonance time-scale competes with relaxation of the internal energy by infrared emission. As a result the fraction of photodissociating ions increases with light intensity. The experiments indicate that [C₄H₄]⁺˙ from benzene and 1,5-hexadiyne consists of a mixture of 60% vinyl acetylene ions, 10% butatriene ions and 30% cyclic ions. This confirms previous conclusions from studies of the ion-molecule reactions of [C₄H₄]⁺˙ with benzene.     

Features of Cation Hydration in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of MeCl (Me = Li, Na, K, Rb): A Study by the Method of Integral Equations

The structural features of concentrated aqueous solutions of MeCl (Me = Li, Na, K, Rb; molar ratio [salt] : [water] = 1 : 15) at 293 K and 0.1 MPa were studied by the method of integral equations. The calculation results show that the disordering effect of the cation on the solvent structure grows in the order NaCl < KCl < RbCl (the number of free water molecules grows, and the content of tetrahedrally ordered molecules decreases). With LiCl, the changes in these parameters are maximal. In the systems containing Li⁺ and Na⁺ ions, the association parameter is lower than in pure water, whereas in the solutions with the K⁺ and Rb⁺ ions it is higher, in agreement with the concept of positive and negative hydration. It was suggested that, with increasing cationic radius, formation of hydrogen bonds between bulk water molecules becomes more preferential, and interactions between the anion and solvent molecules are weakened. On the contrary, the coordination number of the cation increases with its radius. In the examined series of solutions, the probability of formation of contact ion pairs grows considerably, and that of formation of hydration-separated ion pairs decreases.     

The structure of the ion pairs of the carbanion of indene with alkali metal cations

NMR spectra have been measured of the Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ ion pairs of the indenyl carbanion in 1,2-dimethoxyethane and tetrahydrofuran as a function of temperature. The changes of the chemical shifts are explained in terms of the detailed structure of the ion pairs. The results in both solvents strongly suggest that in indenyl-Li⁺ the counterion is predominantly located over the six-membered ring. In THF the preferred position of the cations Na⁺ and K⁺ in the contact ion pairs seems to be the five-membered ring.     

The molecular mechanics of valinomycin. II: Comparative studies of alkali ion binding

We have carried out a series of molecular mechanics calculations on the alkali ion complexes of valinomycin. For the ions Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, and Cs⁺ we have found three-fold rotationally symmetric conformations as the lowest energy structures, while for Li⁺ a markedly asymmetric configuration is preferred. The relative free energies of the complexes show that Li⁺ is by far the poorest binding partner in solution, followed by Na⁺, which is in turn far poorer than any of the three larger ions. The binding selectivity derives from the slower variation of the complexation free energy with ionic size than the ionic solvation free energy, so that the ionophore is unable to compete with the solvent for the smaller ions. Our calculated strain energies suggest that valinomycin's failure to form complexes with the smaller ions in solution is due partially to the rigidity of the ionophore structure, which prevents the central cavity from contracting to accommodate them. Certain geometric criteria indicate that K⁺ provides the best fit to the binding site, although there is some inconsistency between the energetic and geometric criteria of binding ability.     

Formation of an Isolable Divinylborinium Ion through Twofold 1,2‐Carboboration between a Diarylborinium Ion and Diphenylacetylene

Borinium ions, that is, two‐coordinate boron cations, are the most electron‐deficient isolable boron compounds. As borinium ions have only four formal valence electrons on boron, they should show a strong tendency to accept electron pairs on the boron atom to fill its valence shell. Thus chemical reactions of borinium ions are expected to give products in which the coordination number of boron is increased from two to three or four. However, contrary to this expectation, we found that the dimesitylborinium ion (Mes₂B⁺) undergoes twofold 1,2‐carboboration reactions with two equivalents of diphenylacetylene to yield an unprecedented borinium ion ( 1 ⁺) with two substituted vinyl groups on the boron center. NMR spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction analysis of 1 ⁺, together with electronic‐structure calculations, revealed that the positive charge is delocalized over the entire π‐conjugated system. The fact that the chemical transformation of a borinium ion gives rise to a different borinium ion without a change in the coordination number is remarkable and should provide new insight into the chemistry of the Group 13 elements.     

Charged Porous Polymers using a Solid CO Cross‐Coupling Reaction

Herein, we report a green, fast, efficient mechanochemical strategy for charged porous polymers (CPPs). A cationic CPP with basic anions and an anionic CPP with Li⁺ cations were fabricated by solid grinding under solvent‐free conditions. Compared with solution‐based synthesis, mechanochemical grinding can shorten the reaction time from dozens of hours to several minutes (60–90 min) to form polymers possessing a high molecular mass and low polydispersity. During the construction of CPPs, a Pd‐catalyzed solid polycondensation based on unactivated organic linkers was introduced. In particular, CPPs with basic phenolic or proline anions showed good activity and stability in SO₂ capture, and Li⁺‐functionalized CPPs can be post‐modified to CPPs with other metal ions by ion exchange, highlighting the tailorable feature of ionic‐modified CPPs.