STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF POLY(ETHYLENIMINE) .3. STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ANHYDROUS AND HYDROUS STATES AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE HEMIHYDRATE
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF POLY(ETHYLENIMINE) .3. STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ANHYDROUS AND HYDROUS STATES AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE HEMIHYDRATE
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DOI:
10.1021/ma00236a009
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
TADOKORO, H
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作者:
CHATANI, Y;KOBATAKE, T;TADOKORO, H
A series of X-ray studies on the absorption of water vapor by poly (ethylenimine) revealed the existence of the hemihydrate,(-CH2CH2NH--0.5 H2O) n, besides the sesquihydrate and the dihydrate. It is therefore asserted that the anhydrate transforms into the hemihydrate, subsequently the sesquihydrate, and finally the dihydrate with increasing water content. The hemihydrate crystals are monoclinic, with cell dimensions a= 1.089 nm, b= 0.952 nm, c (fiber axis)= 0.731 nm, and/3= 127.6. The space group is C2/c, and the unit cell contains eight monomeric units (four chains) and four water molecules. The polymer chains are fully extended as in both the sesquihydrate and the dihydrate. All hydrogen bonds in the hemihydrate are of the NH—O or N—H-0 type: there exists no water-water hydrogen bond network, in contrast to the other two hydrates. The modes of hydrogen bondings in the anhydrate and the three hydrates are summarized and discussed. A varietyof X-ray diffraction curves of poly (ethylenimine) are also presented for the use of identification of the crystal form (or forms) of a sample in question.Previous X-ray studies1-3 on linear poly (ethylenimine)(PEI) have revealed that the hygroscopic feature of this polymer is attributable to the formation of crystalline hydrates in which “water of crystallization” exists stoichiometrically. In practice, the PEI dihydrate contains a large quantity of water almost comparable to the weight of PEI itself. According to those studies, thepolymer