Controlled alternating copolymerization of St with MAh in the presence of DBTTC |
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Authors: | Ye-Zi YouChun-Yan Hong Cai-Yuan Pan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China |
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Abstract: | The copolymerization of styrene (St) with maleic anhydride (MAh) performed at 22 °C in the presence of dibenzyl trithiocarbonate exhibits controlled nature evidenced by: narrow molecular weight distribution, controlled molecular weight and first-order polymerization kinetics. The composition analysis of the copolymers obtained by 13C NMR spectra shows the molar fraction of St in obtained copolymers is almost equal to 0.5 throughout the copolymerization. The sequence structure of the copolymer was obtained from DEPT experiments by recording the spectra at π/4 and 3π/4, and then combining them together, the results showed that the copolymers obtained possessed well-defined alternating structure. The experiment shows that charge-transfer-complex formed from St and MAh participates in both initiation and chain growth throughout the copolymerization. |
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Keywords: | Alternating copolymerization Controlled polymerization Sequence structure Styrene Maleic anhydride Benzyl trithiocarbonate |
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