ISSN:
0449-296X
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The n-butyllithium-initiated polymerization of a mixture of acrylophenone (AP) and styrene produces only poly(AP), indicating that a chain ending in an AP enolate ion is not sufficiently nucleophilic to add to styrene. Radical copolymerization of AP and styrene yields a polymer containing 65% AP (at 41% conversion). In contrast, lithium dispersion-initiated polymerization of AP and styrene produces a product containing 50-99% AP, depending upon conversion. This observation is discussed in terms of current knowledge concerning alkali metal-initiated polymerization.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1968.150060707
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