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The polymerization behavior of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, a process initiated by water molecules, has been examined using time-resolved near-IR and 2D near-IR correlation spectra. By deconvolution of the time-resolved near-IR spectra, the existence of the component bands at 5189, 5265 and 5300 cm−1, whose intensities decrease markedly as the reaction proceeds, has been confirmed in the 5000–5400 cm−1 region. The band at 5189 cm−1 has been assigned to water molecules, while those at 5265 and 5300 cm−1 have been assigned to the strongly and weakly associated silanol groups, respectively. The kinetics of the hydrolysis of the ethoxy groups and of the formation of a siloxane bond have been analyzed using the time-dependent integral intensities of these three bands and the mechanisms of the reactions have been discussed. Evidence for this polymerization process is also clearly evident in the 2D near-IR correlation spectra.
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Received: 14 March 2000/Accepted: 15 May 2000
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Ogasawara, T., Nara, A., Okabayashi, H. et al. Time-resolved near-infrared and two-dimensional near-infrared correlation spectroscopic studies of the polymerization process of silane coupling agents. Dynamic behavior of water molecules in the 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane–ethanol–water system. Colloid Polym Sci 278, 1070–1084 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960000371
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960000371