Block copolymers of styrene and p-acetoxystyrene with polyisobutylene by combination of living carbocationic and atom transfer radical polymerizations |
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Authors: | Xianyi Chen,Bé la Ivá n,Jø rgen Kops,Walther Batsberg |
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Abstract: | Successful combination of quasiliving carbocationic (QLCP) and atom transfer radical polymerizations (ATRP) was carried out by initiating ATRP with polyisobutylene (PIB) macroinitiators obtained by QLCP. It has been found that 1-chloro-1-phenylethyl-telechelic PIBs with M̄n of 7 800 and 30 700 are efficient macroinitiators for ATRP of styrene in bulk and in xylene solution and for p-acetoxystyrene (pAcOSt) in xylene. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) traces clearly indicated quantitative initiation and the formation of the desired polystyrene-block-polyisobutylene-block-polystyrene (PSt-PIB-PSt) and PpAcOSt-PIB-PpAcOSt triblock copolymers. Experiments also revealed absence of thermal self-initiation of styrene under ATRP conditions. |
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