Organic Superbase as an Efficient Catalyst for Group Transfer Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate
Organic Superbase as an Efficient Catalyst for Group Transfer Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate
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DOI:
10.1021/ma200720p
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发表时间:
2011-06-28
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Satoh, Toshifumi
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作者:
Kakuchi, Toyoji;Chen, Yougen;Satoh, Toshifumi
Organic superbases, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), proazaphosphatranes (P(RNCH2CH2)(3)-N: R = CH3, TMP; R = i-Bu, TiBP), and phosphazene bases (1-tert-butyl-2,2,4,4,4-pentakis(dimethylamino)-2 Lambda(5),4 Lambda(5)- catenadi(phosphazene), t-Bu-P-2; 1-tert-butyl-4,4,4-tris(dimethylamino)-2,2-bis[tris(dimethylamino)phosphoranylidenamino]-2 Lambda(5),4 Lambda(5)-catenadi(phosphazene), t-Bu-P-4) were employed to determine the catalytic activity in the group transfer polymerization (GTP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA). Among the superbases used, TiBP and t-Bu-P-4 effectively catalyzed the polymerization to afford poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with controlled molecular weight and narrow polydispersity. In particular, the molecular weight of the PMMA obtained from the r-Bu-P-4-catalyzed GTP was up to 109 600 g mol(-1). Only one series of peaks was observed in the MALDI-TOF MS spectra of the PMMAs obtained from the TiBP- and t-Bu-P-4-catalyzed GTPs, indicating that both polymerizations proceeded without any side reactions. A postpolymerization experiment further supported the living nature of the TiBP- and t-Bu-P-4-catalyzed GTPs of MMA. Furthermore, a mechanistic study of the TiBP- and t-Bu-P-4-catalyzed GTPs of MMA was attempted by determining the stereoregularity of the obtained PMMAs and obtaining a series of NMR spectra for the equimolar mixtures of MTS and TiBP or t-Bu-P-4.