Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer radical copolymerization of β-pinene and methyl acrylate |
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Authors: | Yi Wang An-Long Li Jiang Lu |
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Institution: | a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou 510275, China b University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan 528402, China |
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Abstract: | The feasibility of radical copolymerization of β-pinene and methyl acrylate (MA) was clarified for the first time. The monomer reactivity ratios were evaluated by Fineman-Ross, Kelen-Tudos and non-linear methods, respectively. The obtained values were rβ-pinene ∼ 0 and rMA ∼ 1.3, indicating that the copolymerization led to polymers rich in methyl acrylate units and randomly alternated by single β-pinene unit. The addition of Lewis acid Et2AlCl to the AIBN-initiated copolymerization enhanced the incorporation of β-pinene. Furthermore, the possible controlled copolymerization of β-pinene and MA was then attempted via the reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) technique. The copolymerization (fβ-pinene = 0.1) using 1-methoxycarbonyl ethyl dithiobenzoate (MEDB) as a RAFT agent gave copolymers with lower molecular weight and narrower molecular weight distribution. However, the presence of MEDB strongly retarded the copolymerization. Thus a new RAFT agent 1-methoxycarbonyl ethyl phenyldithioacetate (MEPD), which gives a less stable macroradical intermediate than MEDB, was synthesized and introduced to the copolymerization. As anticipated, a much smaller retardation was observed. Moreover, the copolymerization displayed a somewhat controlled features within a certain overall conversion (<∼40%). |
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Keywords: | Copolymerization Methyl acrylate β-pinene RAFT |
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