ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The anionic ring-opening polymerization of mixtures of 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate and ∊-caprolactone in toluene as solvent, with sec-butyllithium or potassium dihydronaphthylide as initiator, results in the formation of polymers of the (A-X-B)n type, where A represents a poly(2,2-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate) block, B represents a poly(∊-caprolactone) block and X stands for a block of the two monomers with a composition gradient; n represents the number of portions by which the monomer mixture is added to the initiator or the living system. From the time-conversion curves it follows that the reactivity of the carbonate monomer is higher than that of the lactone. This difference in reactivity of the monomers is the reason for the special polymer architecture represented by (A-X-B)n. The properties of these polymers depend upon the ratio of the monomers and the number n of additions. The polymers are characterized by spectroscopic, thermoanalytical, and thermomechanical measurements.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1988.021891010
