ISSN:
0959-8103
Keywords:
anionic polymerization
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1,3-bis(1-lithio-3-methylpentyl)benzene
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gas-liquid chromatography
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high purity sec-butyllithium
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difunctional initiator
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nonpolar solvents
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Quantitative gas-liquid chromatography provides an efficient, novel technique for the kinetic study of the reaction between sec-butyllithium and m-divinylbenzene. The reaction of stoichiometric amounts of ultra-high purity sec-butyllithium with pure m-divinylbenzene at -23°C produces an anionic initiator, 1,3-bis(1-lithio-3-methylpentyl)benzene, 2, without traces of monofunctional and polyfunctional impurities. The relative rates of formation of 2 with and without the presence of Lewis base, triethylamine, or Lewis acid, diethylzinc, were studied by gas-liquid chromatography. The presence of diethylzinc reduces the activity of sec-butyllithium to such an extent that the reaction did not proceed beyond the monofunctional component stage, that is, the formation of m-1-lithio-3-methylpentylvinylbenzene, 1. The reaction of sec-butyllithium with m-divinylbenzene at -79°C with a 10mol% ratio of triethylamine to sec-butyllithium yielded a homogeneous product with composition of 94% difunctionality and 6% monofunctionality, with the total disappearance of m-divinylbenzene as observed by GLC. However, precipitation due to agglomeration was observed at 25°C at 100% conversion.The high purity 1,3-bis(1-lithio-3-methylpentyl)benzene initiator, 2, is effective for the polymerization of 1,3-butadiene and allows the synthesis of polybutadienes with predictable molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions. Depending on the polymerization solvent, polybutadienes with microstructures ranging from 9 to 13% 1,2-vinyl content were observed by 1H NMR analysis and FTIR spectroscopy. However, the presence of diethylzinc retards the rate of polymerization of 1,3-butadiene, without any change in polymer microstructure. Triethylamine enhances the rate of 1,2-enchainment without significant reduction in the 1,4-enchainment of polybutadiene.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pi.1994.210350308
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