Selection of Catalyst for Group Transfer Polymerization of 1-Butadienyloxytrimethylsilane
Selection of Catalyst for Group Transfer Polymerization of 1-Butadienyloxytrimethylsilane
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1-丁二烯氧基三甲基硅烷基团转移聚合催化剂的选择
DOI:
10.1295/polymj.24.669
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
K. Yokota
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作者:
H. Sumi;T. Hirabayashi;Y. Inai;K. Yokota
Catalytic activity of various Lewis acids in the group transfer polymerization (GTP) of 1-butadienyloxytrimethylsilane (BdTMS) initiated with benzaldehyde was investigated. Among the Lewis acids studied, three zinc halides (ZnBr2, ZnI2, ZnCl2) and HgBr2 gave soluble polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions in quantitative yields. The polymerizations proceeded apparently on the insoluble solid catalyst. The other soluble Lewis acid catalysts, including (C2H5)2AlCl, AlCl3, SnCl4, SnBr4, and TiBr4, gave polymers in moderate to poor yields and often gelled polymers. Through 1H NMR monitoring of the polymerization, time vs. monomer and initiator consumption curves were obtained, and then initiation and propagation rates were estimated from slopes of the curves. Both rates were enhanced in an order of ZnBr2>ZnI2>ZnCl2. This order is consistent with that of chemical shifts of formyl carbon of equimolar mixture of ZnX2 with benzaldehyde, as well as crotonaldehyde which is a model for a polymer end, in chloroform-d. This order was also compatible with the decreasing order in M̅w/M̅n values of the resulting polymers. Thus, use of ZnBr2 as the catalyst resulted in P(BdTMS) with the smallest M̅w/M̅n (1.26) which was determined by a GPC method.