ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, ethyl acrylate, anthracene, and Na+ were studied polarographically in four solvent media: diglyme, DMSO, 25% H2O in diglyme, and liquid NH3. Cathodic shifts were observed for Na+ and anodic shifts for the vinyl monomers in DMSO, H2O and NH3. The values of ΔE = (E1/2, monomer - E1/2, Na+) were used in interpretation of the solvent effects observed previously for the reaction of these monomers with Na amalgam. In diglyme ΔE is very large (0.49 V for MeAN and 0.37 V) for AN, and therefore very slow reaction takes place. In DMSO, MeAN still reacts very slowly (ΔE = 0.23 V), while AN (ΔE = 0.09 V) reacts considerably faster than in diglyme and 100 times faster than MeAN in DMSO. Liquid ammonia brings both MeAN and AN to very low ΔE (0.08 V and -0.05 V, respectively), and both reactions are very fast and yield only the hydrodimers. Water, on the other hand, has a large accelerating effect on the rate, but as it is a proton donor it yields only the reduced products.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1973.170110107
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