DSC investigation of isothermal bulk copolymerization of alkylaryl methacrylates

The free radical copolymerization of phenyl methacrylate (PhMA) witho-methylphenyl-methacrylate(o-MPhMA) ando-ethylphenyl methacrylate (o-EPhMA) was carried out and the enthalpies of copolymerization, overall rate constants and copolymerization parameters were determined for different molar ratios of comonomers in the temperature range 353–373 K.     

Copolymerization kinetics of methyl methacrylate-styrene obtained by PLP-MALDI-ToF-MS

The combination of MALDI-ToF-MS and pulsed laser polymerization has been used to study the propagation rate coefficients for the copolymer system styrene-methyl methacrylate. For the first time, complete information regarding mode of termination, reactivity of photoinitiator-derived radicals, copolymer molecular mass, chemical composition, and copolymerization rates is obtained interrelated. The polymerizations were carried out in bulk with varying styrene concentrations at a temperature of 15.2 degrees C by an excimer pulsed laser with varying frequencies. Both chemical composition distributions and molecular weight distributions were determined by MALDI-ToF-MS. The data were fitted to the implicit penultimate unit model and have resulted in new point estimates of the monomer and radical reactivity ratios for the copolymer system styrene-methyl methacrylate: r(St) = 0.517, r(MMA) = 0.420, s(St) = 0.296, s(MMA) = 0.262. Comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and the obtained results further confirmed the very successful combination of pulsed laser copolymerization experiments with MALDI-ToF-MS. The obtained results are believed to be the most accurate and complete set of copolymerization parameters to date.     

Study of the Isothermal Bulk Copolymerization of Acrylic and Methacrylic Acid Esters

The course and kinetics of the isothermal bulk polymerization of ethyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate and their copolymerization in different mol ratios were studied by differential scanning calorimetry at 363 K. The initiator used was 2,2′-azoisobutyronitrile. The courses of reaction, the copolymerization enthalpies, the copolymerization parameters, and the specific constants of the rate of polymerization were determined.     

氯乙烯/N-取代马来酰亚胺共聚竞聚率及共聚物组成

研究了氯乙烯(VC)与多种N-取代马来酰亚胺的溶液共聚合,求得各对单体的竞聚率.结果表明,各种马来酰亚胺的竞聚率都远高于VC的竞聚率,即N-取代马来酰亚胺单体的活性均比VC单体活性高.计算得到N-取代马来酰亚胺Q和e值.由于苯环的共轭效应,N-苯基及N-取代苯基马来酰亚胺具有较大的Q值.各对单体的e值差别较大,表明有形成交替共聚物的倾向.此外,还考察了聚合过程中共聚物组成的变化,用递推法预测了这类体系共聚物瞬时和累积组成随转化率的变化.     

Mechanistic investigation and reaction kinetics of the low-pressure copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide catalyzed by a dizinc complex

The reaction kinetics of the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and cyclohexene oxide to produce poly(cyclohexene carbonate), catalyzed by a dizinc acetate complex, is studied by in situ attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-IR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) spectroscopy. A parameter study, including reactant and catalyst concentration and carbon dioxide pressure, reveals zero reaction order in carbon dioxide concentration, for pressures between 1 and 40 bar and temperatures up to 80 °C, and a first-order dependence on catalyst concentration and concentration of cyclohexene oxide. The activation energies for the formation of poly(cyclohexene carbonate) and the cyclic side product cyclohexene carbonate are calculated, by determining the rate coefficients over a temperature range between 65 and 90 °C and using Arrhenius plots, to be 96.8 ± 1.6 kJ mol(-1) (23.1 kcal mol(-1)) and 137.5 ± 6.4 kJ mol(-1) (32.9 kcal mol(-1)), respectively. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC), (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectrometry are employed to study the poly(cyclohexene carbonate) produced, and reveal bimodal molecular weight distributions, with narrow polydispersity indices (≤1.2). In all cases, two molecular weight distributions are observed, the higher value being approximately double the molecular weight of the lower value; this finding is seemingly independent of copolymerization conversion or reaction parameters. The copolymer characterization data and additional experiments in which chain transfer agents are added to copolymerization experiments indicate that rapid chain transfer reactions occur and allow an explanation for the observed bimodal molecular weight distributions. The spectroscopic and kinetic analyses enable a mechanism to be proposed for both the copolymerization reaction and possible side reactions; a dinuclear copolymerization active site is implicated.     

Estimation of Kinetic Parameters for the Polar-Modified Anionic Solution Copolymerization of 1,3-Butadiene and Styrene

Summary : The application of the terminal copolymerization model to polar modified anionic initiated 1,3-butadiene/styrene systems in hydrocarbon solvent requires the determination of twelve kinetic model parameters. These include frequency factors (k_xY,∞), activation energies (E_xY) and live chain end association numbers (n_xY) for all four possible combinations of live chain end termini and free monomer. The individual determination of all twelve parameters requires an enormous numerical effort and a large number of experiments. A method for estimating parameters with a minimum number of kinetic batch experiments in an industrial environment will be demonstrated.     

Styrene‐butadiene rubber synthesized by anionic polymerization

In this paper we report on the copolymerization of styrene with butadiene in cyclohexane as solvent. Some experiments were also done using toluene as a solvent in order to check the influence of this solvent on the polydispersity index of the copolymers obtained, n‐ Butyllithium (BuLi) was used as initiator, while methyl‐tert‐butyl ether (MTBE) was used as an active center modifier. Reaction parameters such as polymerization temperature, the [MTBE]/[BuLi] molar ratio and the nature of solvent were studied in relation to their effects on the copolymerization rate, the randomness of the polymer and the microstructure of the butadiene units incorporated.     

Synthesis of phosphonate-functionalized polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) particles and their kinetic behavior in miniemulsion polymerization

Phosphonate-functionalized polymer nanoparticles were synthesized by free-radical copolymerization of vinylphosphonic acid (VPA) with styrene or methyl methacrylate (MMA) using the miniemulsion technique. The influence of different parameters such as monomer and surfactant type, amount of vinylphosphonic acid on the average particle size, and size distribution was studied using dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. Depending on the amount and type of the surfactant used (ionic or non-ionic), phosphonate-functionalized particles in a size range from 102 to 312 nm can be obtained. The density of the phosphonate groups on the particle surface was higher in the case of using MMA as a basis monomer than polystyrene. The kinetic behavior of VPA copolymerization with styrene or MMA using a hydrophobic initiator was investigated by reaction calorimetry. Different kinetic curves were observed for miniemulsion (co)polymerization of styrene- and MMA-based nanoparticles indicating different nucleation mechanisms.     

A capacitive sensor based on molecularly imprinted polymers and poly(p-aminobenzene sulfonic acid) film for detection of pazufloxacin mesilate

A novel capacitive sensor for pazufloxacin mesilate (pazufloxacin) determination was developed by electropolymerizing p-aminobenzene sulfonic (p-ABSA) and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), which was synthesized through thermal radical copolymerization of metharylic acid (MAA) and ethyl-ene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) in the presence of pazufloxacin template molecules, on the gold electrode surface. Furthermore, 1-dedecanethiol was used to insulate the modified electrode. Alter-nating current (ac) impedance experiments were carried out with a Model IM6e to obtain the capaci-tance responses. Under the optimum conditions, the sensor showed linear capacitance response to pazufloxacin in the range of 5 ng·mL-1 to 5 μg·mL-1 with a relative standard deviation (RSD) 5.3% (n=7) and a detection limit of 1.8 ng·mL-1. The recoveries for different concentration levels of pazufloxacin samples varied from 94.0% to 102.0%. Electrochemical experiments indicated the capacitive sensor exhibited good sensitivity and selectivity and showed excellent parameters of regeneration and stabil-ity.     

Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization of Norborn-2-ene with cis-Cyclooctene and Cyclopentene

Ru-alkylidenes based on unsymmetrical imidazolin-2-ylidenes, were used for the alternating copolymerization of norborn-2-ene (NBE) with cis-cyclooctene (COE) and cyclopentene (CPE), respectively. Alternating copolymers, i.e., poly(NBE-alt-COE)_n and poly(NBE-alt-CPE)_n containing up to 97 and 91% alternating diads, respectively, were obtained. The copolymerization parameters of the alternating copolymerization of NBE with CPE under the action of different initiators were determined using a first order Markov model. Hydrogenation of poly(NBE-alt-COE)_n yielded a fully saturated, hydrocarbon-based polymer.     

Copolymerization and Properties of Multicomponent Crosslinked Hydrogels

A series of multicomponent hydrogels were prepared by the copolymerization of hydrophobic silicon-containing monomer 3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy) methylsilylpropyl glycerol methacrylate(Si MA) with the solvent-responsive monomers 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate(HEMA) and N-vinyl pyrrolidone(NVP) and thermosensitive monomer N,N-dimethyl acrylamide(DMA). 2-Hydroxy-2-methyl phenyl acetone(D-1173) was chosen as UV initiator and five different dienes/triene monomers were selected as crosslinking agent in order to select the best crosslinker. The ethanol extraction experiments as well as the FTIR, DSC and TG results showed that the copolymerization was effective. The optical, permeability, and mechanical analysis results demonstrated that the obtained hydrogels were highly transparent with good oxygen permeability and mechanical properties. And the impact of crosslinker on the mechanical properties of the hydrogels was also discussed in detail. The basic results demonstrated that the obtained hydrogels had good stimuli-responsive effects to both p H value and solvent.     

乳液聚合共聚物玻璃化转变温度及其理论计算

从共聚单体的竞聚率、油相水相分布系数出发,通过动力学模拟计算了丙烯酸丁酯与醋酸乙烯酯乳液共聚物的链结构,并用Johnson公式对其玻璃化转变温度(T_g)进行了理论计算,给出了共聚物T_g及其对应聚合物的重量分布图。发现半连续共聚物有1个T_g,其值随共聚物组成而变化;但一步法共聚物有两个T_g:低温区T_g代表富丙烯酸丁酯共聚物,高温区T_g则代表PVA均聚物。计算结果与实验十分吻合。     

Synthesis of a self-cross-linking copolymer from 2-glycidyloxymethyl-1-(p-vinylphenyl)cyclopropane and maleic anhydride

Radical copolymerization of 2-glycidyloxymethyl-1-(p-vinylphenyl)cyclopropane with maleic anhydride in benzene was studied. The copolymerization constants, Alfrey-Price parameters, and complexation constant were calculated.     

甲壳胺接枝聚合反应的研究

本文是以过硫酸钾为引发剂，研究甲基丙烯酸甲酯（ＭＭＡ）与甲壳胺的接枝聚合反应．通过对不同脱乙酰度（ｄａ）甲壳胺（ＣＴＳ）的接枝聚合反应条件实验，研究了反应时间，温度，引发剂浓度和单体浓度对接枝聚合反应的影响，从中得到优选的反应条件．在相同条件下，比较不同脱乙酰度甲壳胺及Ｎ－取代甲壳胺的接枝聚合反应结果，表明：甲壳胺中氨基参与了接枝聚合反应的引发过程．     

Copolymerization of styrene. V. Copolymerization with α-cyanocinnamamide

Copolymers of styrene with α-cyanocinnamamide were prepared by free radical initiation in bulk and in DMF solution and also by thermal initiation in bulk. The copolymerization parameters were determined by the conventional scheme of copolymerization and by an improved scheme taking into account the penultimate unit. Different values of the copolymerization parameters were obtained at the above mentioned different polymerization conditions, indicating the existence of a solvent effect. The influence of the comonomer on some of the basic properties, like intrinsic viscosity, solubility, melting range, and glass transition temperature and on some mechanical and behavior properties of the copolymers was studied in comparison with homopolystyrene.     

Role of monomer charge-transfer complexes in the free-radical copolymerization of styrene and fumarodinitrile

The equilibrium constant of the charge-transfer complex of styrene and fumarodinitrile was determined by ultraviolet and NMR measurements. Information about the role of the complex in the copolymerization of the two monomers could be obtained from copolymerization experiments at different monomer concentrations and temperatures. In addition, the influence of a second donor, anisole, was studied. The results show that in the copolymerization of styrene with fumarodinitrile addition of charge-transfer complexes has to be taken into account besides the addition of the free monomers.     

Enantioselective Alternating Terpolymerization of Styrene and Ethene with Carbon Monoxide. Preliminary communication

In spite of the higher reactivity of styrene with respect to ethene for the alternating copolymerization with carbon monoxide, catalyzed by chiral (dihydrooxazole)(phosphino)palladium complexes, ethene is preferentially (and randomly) enchained in terpolymerization experiments; enantioface selection for styrene is comparably high in both copolymerization and terpolymerization processes.     

钯(II)催化CO/乙烯的交替共聚

聚酮是一种新型光降解材料,近二十年来在国内外引起了广泛的兴趣,世界上许多大化学公司对开发聚酮新产品投入了极大的热情,Ｓｈｅｌｌ公司和ＢＰ公司都相继实现了工业化,其核心技术是催化剂,其中Ｓｈｅｌｌ公司在八十年代初期开发的钯(Ⅱ)双膦催化剂是过渡金属催化剂研究上的一个突破性进展[1,2],而贵金属钯的昂贵价格限制了聚酮向大规模工业化发展,为此吸引了众多的学者对共聚机理进行深入研究,以期寻找物美价廉的催化剂,但由于反应体系的复杂性以及催化剂中间态难以捕捉和表征的特点,至今人们提出的反应机理依据明显不足.对于在共聚反应状…     

A Two‐Step Interval and Modified Rosenbrock Method for Kinetic Parameter Estimation in Copolymerization Systems: A Robust and Reliable Approach

Summary: The kinetics of solution free radical copolymerization of isobutyl methacrylate (i‐BMA) and lauryl methacrylate (LMA) in benzene, initiated with 2,2‐azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) were studied at different monomer feed compositions at low conversion levels. In order to avoid the complications of copolymerization kinetics, the pseudo‐kinetic rate constant method was applied in constant and variable volume polymerization systems. A two‐step procedure based on interval analysis and the modified Rosenbrock method was used to estimate the kinetic parameters of copolymerization. In the first step, initiation, coupled propagation‐termination and transfer rate parameters were determined from steady state kinetic equations using interval analysis. Since the objective function is non‐linear, non‐convex and has multiple local optima, a robust computational technique, based on the Interval Newton/Generalized Bisection (IN/GB) algorithm, was developed to solve this set of non‐linear algebraic equations. This method was used with mathematical and computational guarantees of certainty to find the global optimum. In the second step, the system of mole balance, population balance and moment equations, which are highly stiff ordinary differential equations, were discritized and solved by the modified Rosenbrock method. The results of the first computational step were inserted as an active or equality constraint in the second step to calculate the individual elementary rate parameters of the reaction. Statistical analysis indicated that the copolymer composition is well described by the terminal unit model (TUM), but the implicit penultimate unit effect (IPUE) model of Fukuda and coworkers is more suitable for describing the rate data. In contrast to most previously studied systems, it was found that propagation and coupled rate parameters are greater than those predicted by the TUM.

Variation of number average molecular weight of the copolymer in polymerization system for various initial monomer feed compositions at different reaction times (solid lines are computed results).     

过硫酸铵-尿素引发丙烯酸甲酯与明胶接枝共聚

接枝共聚合反应;过硫酸铵-尿素引发丙烯酸甲酯与明胶接枝共聚