Etude de copolymères ABS (acrylonitrile–butadiène–styrène): Solvatation préférentielle du polybutadiène par les promoteurs

ABS resins formed by copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile (AN) in presence of polybutadiene, consist of a mixture of SAN graft copolymer on polybutadiene (PBut) and of ungrafted SAN copolymer (styrene-co-acrylonitrile). The kinetic study was completed by showing a preferential solvation of polybutadiene by the initiator. This solvation effect was studied as a function of the concentration ratio SAN/PBut and in relation with the type of initiator. The adsorption of initiator appeared to be maximum when its solubility parameter (σ) is close to that of polybutadiene. As a function of the polybutadiene characteristics, this selective adsorption can be given by where I₁ is the quantity of initiator in the polybutadiene medium, I is the total amount of peroxide, [PBut] is the concentration of polybutadiene, and M?_n its molecular weight. It has been shown furthermore that the preferential solvation of polybutadiene by the benzoyl peroxide can be increased by addition of SAN or acrylonitrile. The consequences of this solvation effect on the characteristics of the grafting reaction, more precisely on the molecular weight of grafted and ungrafted SAN and on the rate of polymerization, were examined.     

Synthèse de copolymères greffés à base de polyéthylène—1

Polyethylene macromolecular free radical initiators, obtained by ozonization, are used to prepare graft copolymers with methyl methacrylate, styrene and vinyl chloride. The reactions parameters are the number of initiator groups (found by DPPH), peroxide and hydroperoxide proportions (respectively 36 and 64%), decomposition rate (K_d at 90° 10⁻¹sec⁻¹) and monomer concentration. The molecular structure of these copolymers is defined.     

Etude par RMN 13C à 62,89 MHz des branchements éthyles dans les copolymères ethylène-butène et polyéthylène basse densité

Carbon 13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (at 62,89 MHz) were obtained for a series of branched heavy alcanes (12-ethyl tricosane, 11,20-diethyl tricontane, 11,18-diethyl octacosane, 11,17-diethyl heptacosane, 11,16-diethyl hexacosane, 9,12-diethyl heneicosane, 5,7-diethyl docosane, 6,7-diethyl docosane, 2 éthyl-hexyl-12 tricosane), which provide a model set for describing the ethyl branched sequences in ethylene butene copolymers and low-density polyethylene (LDPE). For ethylene-butene copolymers we do not detect any head-to-head polymerization of butene as reported recently (the existence of a 1,2-ethyl pair has not been confirmed by the low-field signal at 41,3 ppm), but only isolated ethyl and 1-3-diethyl branches. The three peaks observed in the methyl region (broad signal) of the spectrum are assigned to butene centered triads, as opposed to branches in positions having different tacticities as reported earlier. Carbon 13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of high-pressure polymerized low-density polyethylene have been measured at 62,89 MHz. On the basis of Willbourn's double back biting mechanism, two kinds of complex branches, the 1,3-ethyl pair and 2-ethyl-hexyl, have been assigned. Finally, these results suggest that the ethyl branches in low-density polyethylene are not isolated branches.     

Contributions au fractionnement des copolymères. II. Copolymères ternaires acrylonitrile–acétate de vinyle–α-méthylstyréne

Acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, and α-methyl styrene copolymers, were synthesized in aqueous solution, and the resulted products were studied viscometrically by fractionation and by cloud-point titration. The values of the intrinsic viscosities of the polymers in DMF at 20°C are not influenced by the overall composition of the copolymers and the distribution mode of the comonomers. The solubility of the products is directly dependent on the composition, namely, it increases as the acrylonitrile content decreases. The differential fractionation curves are influenced by the chemical composition and by the mode of distribution of the monomers along the macromolecular chain. The successive precipitation method for the fractionation of the ternary copolymers is recommended.     

Action du monoxyde d'azote sur le trichloréthylène et sur le tétrachloréthylène

The Action of Nitrogen Monoxide on Trichloro-and Tetrachlor-Ethylene . Under the sun light and at room temperature nitric oxide reacts with trichlorethylene and tetrachlorethylene giving monomer nitroso nitrated compounds. These compounds can also be obtained through reaction of dinitrogen trioxide with trichlorethylene and tetrachlorethylene. The nitrating and oxidizing properties of nitric oxide can be considered through these reactions: – Trichlorethylene leads to: pentachlorethane,1,1,1,2-tetrachlor-2-nitroethane, dichloracetic acid and 1,1,3,3-4-pentachloro-4-nitro-1-butene: CO₂ and CO are also observed. –Tetrachlorocthylene gives : hexachlorethane, tetrachloro-2pentaclorethyl-1,2-oxazetidine; carbon tetrachlorid and trichloracetylchlorid arc obtainetl in very little yiclcl. These results prove that oxidizing cleavage may occur. Kitric oxitl reacts giving nitrogen as main gazcous product, prouved by gas liquid chrornatography.     

Action du chlorure de nitrosyle sur le trichloréthylène et sur le tétrachloréthylène

Nitrosyl chloride is only chlorinating in darkness and above 100°. In the sun light and at room temperature it reacts as a chlorinating, nitrosating, nitrating and oxidizing agent. With trichlorethylene in fact pentachlorethane 1,1,1,2-tetrachloro-2-nitrosoethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrachloro-2-nitroethane, dichloracetic acid and a compound of empirical formula C₄H₂Cl₅NO₂ are obtained. Tetrachloroethylene carried to hexachlorethane, pentachloronitrosoethane and tetrachloro-2-(pentachlorethyl)-1,2-oxazetidine. Introduced nitrosyl chloride provided nitrogen monoxide prouved by gaz chromatography. This monoxide reacted afterwards to give nitrogen which is the single nitrogenous gazeous compound. Carbondioxide is a minor component of the gaz.     

Fluorénacènes et fluorénaphènes synthèses dans la série des indéno-fluorènes,XVII. Dérivés méthylés du cis-fluorénacène,du trans-fluorénacène et du trans-fluorénaphène

By condensation of the chlorides of the three 9-oxo-fluorene-2-, -3-, and -4-carboxylic acids with 4-bromo-1,2-xylene on one side, and of the chlorides of o-bromobenzoic acid, 2-bromo-4-methyl-benzoic acid and 2-bromo-4,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid with fluorene, 2-methylfluorene and 3-methylfluorene on the other side, followed by direct or indirect cyclisation and by final reduction, several new methyl derivatives of the indenofluorenes I, II and IV are synthesized.     

La luminescence différée du styrène en solution vitreuse dans le méthylcyclohexane

The trapping of electrons and styrene cations and anions has been studied in a methylcyclohexane glass by the techniques of deferred luminescence. Radiothermoluminescence curves consist of two peaks, at 90 and 95°K, in this matrix. The second peak increases linearly with styrene concentration up to 2 × 10^?2M when it reaches a constant value, whereas the first peak increases from 10^?4 to 10^?3M and then decreases at higher concentrations and is not discernible at concentrations above 10^?2M. We propose two mechanisms which are qualitatively consistent with this behavior and are based essentially on the recombination of styrene cations with thermally detrapped electrons in the first peak and with anions in the second peak. Photothermoluminescence (i.e., thermoluminescence after photoionization with ultraviolet light) similarly consists of the 90 and 95°K peaks for a 10^?3M solution and of the 95° peak alone for a 10^?d M solution. Radiophotoluminescence excitation spectra at 77°K, corresponding to absorption spectra of trapped electrons and styrene anions, show that anions are the predominant negative species in 10^?2 molar solution, and trapped electrons in 10^?3 molar solution. Spectral analysis of radiothermoluminescenece shows the presence of two emission bands, one of which is identical with styrene fluorescence excited by the 254 Nm mercury line (λ_max = 292, 302, 307, and 317 Nm). The other band has three fairly poorly resolved maxima at 474, 486 and 496 nm and seems to correspond to the fluorescence of C₆H₅?H-CH₃ radicals formed during radiolysis.     

Introduction stéréosélective du groupement difluorométhylène en position allylique

The regio- and stereo-selective introduction of a difluoromethylene group in an allylic position is described. The key step is the treatment of 1,1-difluoro-1-alken-3-acetates with Grignard reagents in the presence of copper and lithium salts.

Résumé

Nous décrivons ici une méthode régio- et stéréo-sélective permettant l'introduction du groupement difluorométhylène en position allylique. L'étape principale est la réaction des 3-acétoxy-1,1-difluoro-1-alcènes avec les réactifs de Grignard en présence de sels de cuivre et de lithium.     

Copolymérisations de l'acrylonitrile. XII. Phénomènes de solvatation préférentielle et effet de conversion dans la copolymérisation (acrylonitrile–styrène)

Kinetic deviations with the conversion observed in free-radical-initiated [acrylonitrile (A)–styrene (S)] copolymerization carried out in DMF solution have been interpreted in terms of preferential solvation of the polymer by one of the monomers or the solvent. First it is well established that the initial styrene content of the PAS copolymer increases if a slight amount of polymer is introduced before the beginning of polymerization. Next the preferential solvation has been studied and characterized in various solvents (toluene or DMF) from the results of differential refractometry at dialysis equilibrium of the ternary solution (solvent–monomer–polymer) versus its solvent mixture. It was found that the most polar monomer, acrylonitrile, is already adsorbed by the polymer, mostly in copolymerizations carried out in DMF, from initially rich acrylonitrile mixtures. It is suggested that this phenomenon implies a heterogeneous repartition of the monomer mixture in the solution, which may affect the kinetic copolymerization when the conversion increases.     

Action du monoxyde d'azote sur le phényléthylène et sur quelques arylalcènes

Nitric oxide reacts with phenylethylene and arylalkenes under the action of sunlight and at room temperature giving dimeric nitronitroso compounds prouved by IR. spectroscopy (see Table 2) and the corresponding nitroolefins. The main gaseous product is nitrogen as prouved by gaz liquid chromatography (see Table 1). The dimeric nitronitroso compounds can also be obtained by the reaction of dinitrogen trioxide with olefins. The structure of the nitronitroso compounds was further discussed. They may be reduced to give monoamines corresponding to the nitrogroup and may be also converted into nitroolefins.     

Polymérisation radicalaire du pentadiène-1,3. II. Microstructure des résidus pentadiéniques dans les homo- et copolymères des cis et trans pentadiènes-1,3 avec l'acrylonitrile

The microstructure of diene units was investigated in radical homopolymers of the cis and trans isomers of 1,3-pentadiene and copolymers with acrylonitrile, synthetized in bulk and emulsion. Experiments were carried out by infrared spectroscopy, 100 MHz ¹H-NMR, and 25 MHz ¹³C-NMR studies. No difference between the bulk and emulsion samples was noted. The microstructure of poly(1,3-pentadiene) is practically independent of the cis or trans configuration of the diene monomer and is as follows: 56–59% trans-1,4, 15–17% cis-1,4, 16–20% trans-1,2 7–10% cis-1,2 and 0% 3,4. On the other hand, up to about 30% of incorporated acrylonitrile (10% in the feed), the microstructure of the pentadiene fraction in the copolymers is not affected. This finding suggests that the penultimate unit has very little influence on the polymerization process involving the terminal pentadienly unit. Beyond 10% of acrylonitrile in the feed, the proportions of the structural units were linearly dependent upon the acrylonitrile content: trans-1,4 content increased whereas the amounts of cis-1,4 trans-1,2 and cis-1,2 decreased (except the cis-1,2 fraction, constant in the copolymers from the cis-diene). These results are discussed on the assumption that the microstructure of pentadiene residues is strongly associated with the acrylonitrile comonomer in the feed.     

Étude par rayons X de copolymères téléchéliques butadiène acide méthacrylique

The telechelic polybutadiene–methacrylic acid copolymer (Hycar CTB) containing 2 mole percent acid and neutralized (5–100%) by alkali ions, Na⁺, K⁺, and Cs⁺, has been studied by small-angle x-ray scattering. Salt groups form clusters, and the average value of the radii of gyration is approximately 8 Å; this value seems to be independent of the nature of the cation and the degree of neutralization. The existence of a low-angle maximum in the scattering intensity gives evidence of a mean distance of 80 Å between clusters in the fully neutralized sample. This distance increases slightly with a decreasing degree of neutralization. A more precise analysis of the small-angle scattering curve gives further information on the cluster structure: the ionic groups may form small bilayer disks while the polymer chains maintain a regular distance of 80 Å between the disks.     

Influence des propriétés intrinsèques de ligands calixaréniques sur des réactions de transformation catalytique de l'éthylène

Influence of the intrinsic properties of calixarene ligands on catalytic reactions involving ethylene. This review shows how the particular structural and chemical properties of calix[4]arene-derived ligands can be exploited in the catalytic transformation of ethylene into dimers, oligomers, and polymers.