Copper-based reverse ATRP process of styrene in mixed solvents |
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Authors: | Zheng Yi |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China |
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Abstract: | Xylene/N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and xylene/ethanol were employed as mixed solvents, respectively, for the reverse atom transfer radical polymerization (R-ATRP) of styrene with the azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN)/CuBr2/N,N,N′,N′′,N′′-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA) initiating system. With a limited amount of DMF added in, CuBr2/PMDETA complex could dissolve well in the reaction system, so the control of polymerization was enhanced compared with the one in which simplex xylene was used as solvent. But the polarity of DMF leaded kinetics to deviation from first order. Ethanol could also improve the solubility of catalyst and be scavenged quickly by argon at 110°, therefore the impact of polarity of solvent on kinetics was negligible. Induction periods were not observed here indicating rapidly establishment of equilibrium between Cu(I) and Cu(II). This method that adding a little amount of polar solvent with low boiling point into non-polar solvent gives a new way to solve the problem of poor solubility of the catalyst in R-ATRP. |
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Keywords: | Reverse atom transfer radical polymerization Styrene N N-dimethylformamide Ethanol Mixed solvents |
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