INVESTIGATION OF THE ATRP OF n-BUTYL METHACRYLATE USING THE Cu(I)/N,N,N',N",N"-PENTAMETHYLDIETHYLENETRIAMINE CATALYST SYSTEM |
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Authors: | Kelly A Davis and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Center for Macromolecular Engineering |
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Institution: | Kelly A. Davis and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski** Center for Macromolecular Engineering,Department of Chemistry,Carnegie Mellon University,4400 Fifth Ave.,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,15213,USA |
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Abstract: | The polymerization of n-butyl methacrylate was investigated using the Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization technique with CuBr and CuCl/N,N,N',N",N"-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine catalytic systems. Various combinations of catalyst systems and initiators were utilized in order to optimize the polymerization conditions and to obtain well-defined polymers (i.e. controlled molecular weights and low polydispersities). It has been found that the optimal initiator for this system is a chlorine-based initiator, when the catalyst used is a salt in conjunction with the N,N,N',N",N"- pentamethyldiethylenetriamine ligand. Bromine-based initiators tend to result in large amounts of initial termination, leading to polymers with less than ideal chain end functionality, even if CuCl is used as the species to invoke the halogen exchange. Additionally, the effects of the polymerization temperature, species and the initiator structure were determined. |
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Keywords: | ATRP Atom transfer radical polymerization Controlled/living radical polymerization Butyl methacrylate Pentamethyldiethylenetriamine |
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