Effective promotion of tetrahydrofuran polymerization initiated with heteropolyacid

Tetrahydrofuran was polymerized using the heteropolyacid H₃PW₁₂O₄₀ as the initiator and ethylene oxide as the promoter, which effectively increased the rate and conversion of the polymerization. Water and butylene glycol were used to control the molecular weight of the product in the range of 1000–3000. The polymer was found to be polyether glycol containing 10–22 mol % oxyethylene moieties with hydroxyl groups at both chain ends. The melting point was ∼ 10°C lower compared to polytetramethylene ether glycol having the same molecular weight. The concentration of active species remained unchanged in the main period of the polymerization, indicating the absence of chain termination. The values of the chain propagation rate constant of tetrahydrofuran polymerization at 0 and 20°C were found to be 3.78 × 10⁻³ and 1.98 × 10⁻² L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively, which are close to the rate constant of chain propagation of tetrahydrofuran on ionic active species. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 73: 2303–2308, 1999     

Control of molecular weight in tetrahydrofuran polymerization initiated by heteropolyacid

Both anhydrous and hydrated heteropolyacid can be used to initiate the tetrahydrofuran polymerization in the presence of ethylene oxide promoter, in regard to the crystallization water of the hydrated one as a part of the extra-added water for controlling the molecular weight. The polyether glycol having number-average molecular weight of 2000 ± 100 or 1000 ± 50 was prepared in yield beyond 50% by the process without neutralization or neutralization and washing with water after polymerization, respectively. A modified equation based upon conversion of polymerization and concentrations of molecular weight controller and heteropolyacid with a correction factor for predicting the number-average molecular weight of the product was given. The products were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography, and differential scanning calorimetry analyses. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 82: 269–275, 2001     

Tetrahydrofuran polymerization initiated by heteropolyacid in the presence of ethylene oxide: Reaction behavior of water and glycol

The reaction behavior of water and low molecular weight glycol in tetrahydrofuran polymerization initiated by H₃PW₁₂O₄₀ in the presence of ethylene oxide has been studied. A lot of water was used in the hydrolysis reaction of ethylene oxide at the early stage of the polymerization and transformed into ethylene glycol (EG), which was consumed subsequently through a chain transfer reaction. EG was more reactive both than 1,4‐butylene glycol and hexamethylene glycol toward propagating species, and the reaction rate constants at 0°C were determined by GC to be 0.142, 8.83 × 10⁻², and 5.53 × 10⁻² L · mol⁻¹s⁻¹, respectively. The molecular weight of the product can be predicted by an equation based upon conversion of polymerization and the concentrations of molecular weight controller and H₃PW₁₂O₄₀. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 1821–1826, 1999     

二苯基六氟砷酸碘鎓盐引发四氢呋喃的正离子光聚合

以二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐为引发剂,吖啶黄和安息香二甲醚为增感剂,在紫外光光照情况下,引发四氢呋喃(THF)进行了正离子聚合,讨论了吖啶黄和安息香二甲醚的增感机理,研究了二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐引发THF的后聚合反应。结果表明,在紫外光光照的情况下,二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐可以引发THF聚合,证明二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐是一种正离子光聚合引发剂;吖啶黄及安息香二甲醚对二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐引发THF聚合具有显著的增感作用;安息香二甲醚增感的二苯基六氟砷酸碘钅翁盐引发的THF后聚合具有明显的活性聚合趋势,转化率与特性黏数呈线性增长关系;通过紫外光引发聚合的方式可以制备相对分子质量分布为1·028、数均相对分子质量为1·004×104、转化率大于85%的聚四氢呋喃。     

环氧乙烷/四氢呋喃共聚醚的合成与表征

用杂多酸(HPA)引发环氧乙烷(EO)与四氢呋喃(THF)发生共聚反应,从而制得了EO-THF共聚醚[P(EO-THF)]。用红外光谱(FT-IR)、核磁共振(1H NMR)、凝胶渗透色谱-多角度激光散射仪(SEC/MALLS)和差示扫描量热仪(DSC)等仪器对P(EO-THF)的结构进行了表征,并对其聚合机理进行了分析。实验结果表明,HPA作为引发剂可用来制备相对分子质量分布指数小于1.4、平均官能度为2的P(EO-THF);P(EO-THF)的熔点受单体投料比影响较大,当n(EO)∶n(THF)=1∶1时,产物的熔点最低(为-14.28℃);在共聚反应过程中,THF的浓度对共聚反应速率及P(EO-THF)的相对分子质量影响显著,当THF的浓度小于1.39 mol/L时,共聚反应速率较低。     

Real‐time monitoring of ring‐opening polymerization of tetrahydrofuran via in situ Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

The polymerization of tetrahydrofuran (THF) was carried out in CH₂Cl₂ by using phosphotungstic heteropolyacid as initiator and epichlorohydrin as promoter. This cationic ring‐opening polymerization process was monitored by in situ mid‐infrared spectroscopy system (ReactIR) to further study the thermodynamics and kinetics of THF polymerization. It was observed that the sharp infrared peak of C? O? C stretching vibrations will shift from about 1068 to 1109 cm^?1 in THF ring‐opening step. The changes in absorbance intensity of the two characteristic peaks were used for determining instantaneous concentration of linear polymer and ring monomer. The experimental results demonstrated that the kinetics of THF polymerization proved to be typically first‐order. Thermodynamic parameters were determined from the temperature dependence of the monomer equilibrium concentration [M]_e over the range from ?5 to 25°C. The values of k_app were obtained via the plots of ln{([M]₀?[M]_e)/([M]_t?[M]_e)} vs reaction time, for polymerization under specific conditions. The apparent activation energy (E_a) and frequency (A) were determined from the Arrhenius plot of k_app vs. T^?1. Besides, the in situ kinetic investigation revealed that more chain‐transfer occurred at higher temperatures, leading to a reduction in propagation species concentration and a deviation from first‐order propagation at the later stage of polymerization. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 40503.     

Photoinduced living cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran. II: Synthesis of four‐armed star‐shaped poly(tetrahydrofuran)

A four‐armed star‐shaped poly(tetrahydrofuran) (THF) having a pentaerythritol unit at the center of the molecule was synthesized from photoinduced cationic copolymerization of THF and pentaeryithritol tetrakis(3,4‐epoxybutanoate) (PETE) in the presence of diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate. It was found that the molecular weight of the resulting polymer increases with increasing percent conversion and the rate of cationic polymerization of THF is remarkably increased by the addition of PETE when the concentration of PETE is kept much lower than that of THF. A similar enhancement effect was also observed in the photoinduced cationic polymerization of THF in the presence of epichlorohydrin (ECH). The enhancement effect of ECH and PETE was ascribed to the increased concentration of the cationic propagating species due to a rapid protonation process. The living nature was explained in terms of the stabilization of the cationic growing chain end by ion pair formation. Accordingly, the arm length of the polymer was determined by the molar ratio of THF and PETE. However, the polymer of well‐defined structure was only obtainable in the early stage of the reaction because chain transfer to the polymer process plays an important role when the concentration of the polymer becomes high. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2637–2644, 1999     

Polymerization of some oxiranes using the diphenylzinc-butanone system in benzene at 60°C

The diphenylzinc-butanone system was used as polymerization catalyst for some oxiranes in benzene solution at 60°C. This system is greatly influenced by the molar ratio of butanone to diphenylzinc, and the maximum catalytic activity for propylene oxide and ethylene oxide was found for a ratio of unity. GPC results strongly suggest the presence of more than one active species for the system. ¹³C NMR analysis indicates that the resulting poly(propylene oxide) has a head-to-tail arrangement. For the polymerization of propylene oxide with butanone/diphenylzinc = 1, after an initial induction period, the reaction was first-order with respect to monomer with k = 2·51 × 10^?5 s^?1. Ethylene oxide polymerizations using butanone/diphenylzinc = 1 and 5 were also first-order with respect to monomer after an initial induction period with k = 7·80 × 10^?6 s^?1 and k = 5·71 × 10^?6 s^?1, respectively. The diphenylzinc-butanone system was not an effective catalyst for styrene oxide polymerization.     

Polymerization of epoxy resins initiated by metal complexes

BACKGROUND: Processing parameters and material properties of epoxy resins can be vastly influenced by choice of curing agent. In this work, metal complexes were investigated as initiators for anionic and cationic epoxide polymerization. Systems for thermally induced and electron beam‐induced curing are described. RESULTS: Zinc or cobalt imidazole complexes of the type [M(imidazole)₂(anion)₂] are efficient initiators for anionic polymerization of glycidyl‐based epoxy resins. The complexes can be employed to prepare tailored resin systems ranging from fast curing systems at slightly elevated temperatures to systems with very high thermal latencies curable at temperatures far above 150 °C. Silver complexes [Ag(L)_n]SbF₆ (L = crown ether or alkene) are highly efficient initiators for cationic curing and low initiator contents of around 1% are sufficient to reach high degrees of crosslinking. The complexes are excellent initiators for both thermally induced and electron beam‐induced polymerizations. CONCLUSION: Metal complexes are powerful initiators for the homopolymerization of epoxy resins and can be designed not only for anionic and cationic polymerization but also for thermal and radiation curing. Based on this study and additional work, a library can be compiled which allows retrieval of optimized metal–ligand–anion combinations and adjustment of the initiators to the respective processing and material demands. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry     

多金属氰化络合物催化环氧丙烷的聚合

用多金属氰化络合物(MMC)催化环氧丙烷开环均聚,考察了酸及起始剂对聚合诱导期的影响,以及转化单体/起始剂摩尔比、酸用量、加料方式及催化剂等对聚合物相对分子质量及其分布的影响。并用FTIR、1HNMR、SEC-MALLS对聚合产物结构进行了表征。结果表明,以MMC为催化剂,在w(H2SO4)<5×10-5、温度130℃、连续加料、w(MMC)>1×10-4时,所合成聚醚相对分子质量分布较窄(Mw/Mn=1.1~1.2),且相对分子质量可控;FTIR、1HNMR及SEC-MALLS分析结果表明,所合成聚醚具有预期结构。实验发现,聚合反应体系只存在一种活性中心,其机理可能为配位阳离子聚合。     

Polymerization of N-vinylcarbazole initiated by UV-radiation

The solid-state polymerization of N-vinylcarbazole initiated by UV-radiation at 25, 32.5, and 45°C was studied. The rate of polymerization increased with increase in temperature. The limiting conversion at all temperatures is 56%. The molecular weight, determined by viscosity measurements, first increased, reached a maximum, then decreased. The molecular weight distribution, studied by GPC, was broad with a shoulder on the low molecular weight side. The morphology of partially polymerized single crystals was studied by electron scanning microscopy to determine the propagation mode of polymerization with respect to the monomer structure. The high activation energy of 71-9kJ/mol and ESR spectrum suggest a radical mechanism of polymerization.     

Toughening of in situ polymerized cyclic butylene terephthalate by addition of tetrahydrofuran

A new method of toughening polymerized cyclic butylene terephthalate (pCBT) with tetrahydrofuran (THF) is proposed. The pCBT was prepared by in situ ring‐opening polymerization of a commercial cyclic butylene terephthalate, a cyclic form of poly(butylene terephthalate), in the presence of THF. In comparison to conventionally polymerized pCBT, the resultant material was found to be ductile, showing a strain at break of well above 100% in tensile tests. Other matrix properties, such as tensile modulus, tensile strength and glass transition temperature, were not significantly altered by the addition of THF. It was found that the presence of THF enhanced the polymerization reaction, resulting in an increased molecular weight and a narrowed molecular weight distribution. Moreover, remaining oligomers after polymerization were extracted by the THF and a toughened oligomer‐free pCBT was obtained. The influence of time and temperature on the long‐time toughening action of THF was studied. The results showed that samples became brittle after 3 months when subjected to a temperature of 80 °C, resulting in a reduction of the toughening action. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

杂多酸催化7-羟基-4-甲基香豆素的无溶剂合成

报道了以杂多酸(H3PW12O40、H3PMo12O40、H8SiW12O42、H6P2W18O40、H4SiW12O40、H6PMo6W6O40)为催化剂,以乙酰乙酸乙酯和间苯二酚为原料,通过Pechmann反应合成标题化合物的方法。探讨了以H4SiW12O40为催化剂时反应温度、催化剂用量、反应时间、原料比诸因素对产品收率的影响。实验表明,H4SiW12O40是合成标题化合物的良好催化剂,在反应温度为130℃,反应时间为50min,n(间苯二酚)∶n(乙酰乙酸乙酯)=1∶1.3,催化剂用量为1.5%(与间苯二酚的物质的量比)时,产品收率75.9%。     

Photoinduced living cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran(IV): Syringe method

The living nature of cationic poly(tetrahydrofuran), which is generated by the addition of the photolytic products of diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate (initiator) via syringe, was investigated in connection with the direct polymerization method in which polymerization of tetrahydrofuran is carried out in the presence of the initiator. Although the living nature of the polymerization (i.e., the linear relationship between the percentage of conversion and the molecular weight of the resulting polymer) is observed in the syringe method because of the absence of chain transfer or termination, unexceptionally, a lower rate of polymerization and higher molecular weights of the resulting polymers were observed in the syringe method when compared with those of the corresponding direct polymerization method. This leads us to the conclusion that the living nature is ascribed to the stabilization of the propagating cationic species due to ion pair formation with the less‐nucleophilic complex metal halide anion (PF), and the decreased rate of polymerization and higher molecular weight in the syringe method is attributed to the partial loss of the activity of the cationic species because of the nucleophilic attack of basic impurities, such as water, introduced to the system in the syringe manipulation. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 2082–2087, 2002     

固体磷钨杂多酸银盐催化合成醋酸异戊酯

制备了固体磷钨杂多酸银盐 ,并以此为催化剂 ,对醋酸异戊酯的合成反应进行了研究 ,探讨了催化剂用量、醇酸摩尔比、反应时间和重复使用对酯产率的影响。结果表明 :在异戊醇用量为 0 2 5mol的情况下 ,以环己烷为带水剂 ,用磷钨杂多酸银盐为催化剂 ,催化剂用量为 1 5 g ,醇酸摩尔比为 1∶1 4,在回流温度下反应2h后 ,再用分水装置反应 1h ,酯产率达 86 5 %     

杂多酸催化剂合成漂白活化剂TAED

探讨了以乙二胺、乙酸、和乙酸酐作为原料，采用两步法在杂多酸（HSiW)催化剂作用下制备活性漂白剂四乙酰乙二胺（TAED）的合成工艺条件。得出两步法的最佳条件是：乙二胺：乙酸（物质的量）＝1：2．5，反应温度约120℃，反应时间1．5h；乙二胺：乙酸酐（物质的量）＝1：4，反应温度为140℃，反应时间4h。TAED的产率与杂多酸催化剂性能的好坏有较紧密的关系。     

磷钼杂多酸催化合成醋酸正丁酯的研究

以磷钼杂多酸为催化剂,醋酸和正丁醇为原料,合成了醋酸正丁酯。探讨了催化剂用量、醇酸摩尔比、反应时间对酯产率的影响。结果表明,最适宜的反应条件是:正丁醇用量为0 125mol,以苯为带水剂,磷钼杂多酸催化剂用量为1 0g,醇酸摩尔比为1∶1 8,反应时间2h,反应温度为95～100℃,醋酸正丁酯产率达97 6%。     

Preparation of polytetrahydrofuran monomethacrylate macromonomers by cationic ring‐opening polymerization of tetrahydrofuran

Polytetrahydrofuran monomethacrylate (MA‐PTHF) macromonomer was prepared by cationic ring‐opening polymerization(CROP) of tetrahydrofuran (THF) using boron trifloride etherate (BF₃ · OEt₂) as initiator and epichlorohydrin (ECH) as promoter. Two kinds of transfer agents were used: methacrylic acid (represented as TA1), and a mixture of methacrylic acid and sodium methacrylate (represented as TA2). The effects of polymerization conditions on molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of macromonomers were studied in this article, when the composition of reactants was kept constant. Under the same conditions, the molecular weight of macromonomer using TA2 is lower than that using TA1, which indicates that TA2 is more active than TA1. The molecular weight of MA‐PTHF macromonomer varies with the polymerization time before transfer agents were added (T1), but molecular weight distribution remains constant. When T1 is limited in 30 min, the apparent number‐average molecular weight of MA‐PTHF increases significantly with the increase of T1, and ranges from 5000 to 18,000. Hence, the molecular weight of MA‐PTHF macromonomer can be controlled by varying T1. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 77: 810–815, 2000     

混合金属氧化物固载杂多酸催化合成柠檬酸三丁酯

报道了混合金属氧化物固载杂多酸催化剂HPA/TiO2 WO3的制备及其对柠檬酸三丁酯合成的催化效果,系统研究了合成柠檬酸三丁酯的优化条件。实验表明,HPA/TiO2 WO3具有良好的催化活性,当醇酸比为3.75∶1,催化剂用量为1.0%,反应时间1.5h,柠檬酸三丁酯收率达到92.4%。     

端羟基ECH-THF共聚醚合成的可控性研究

首次以三羟乙基异氰脲酸酯( THEIC)为起始剂开展了环氧氯丙烷(ECH)与四氢呋喃( THF)的聚合研究,考察了催化剂种类、共聚温度及投料比等因素对ECH-THF共聚可控性的影响,确定了该体系下ECH-THF可控聚合的优化条件为:以BF3·THF为催化剂,nECH/nTHEIC≤30/1,nECH/ nTHF ≥2/...