Controlled radical double ring‐opening polymerization of 2‐methylene‐1,4,6‐trioxaspiro[4,4]nonane |
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Authors: | Xinru Jia Jinfeng Wang Yi Liu Zhong Jin Mingqian Li Yen Wei |
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Abstract: | Controlled radical double ring‐opening polymerization of 2‐methylene‐1,4,6‐trioxaspiro[4,4]nonane (MTN) has been achieved with tert‐butyl perbenzoate (TBPB) as initiator in the presence of 2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐1‐piperidinyloxy free radical (TEMPO) at 125 °C. The molecular weight polydispersity of the polymers is obviously lower than that of polymers obtained by conventional procedures. As the [TEMPO]/[TBPB] molar ratio increased, the polydispersity decreased and a polydisperty as low as 1.2 was obtained at high TEMPO concentration. With the conversion of the monomer increasing, the molecular weight of the polymers turned higher and a linear relationship between the Mw and the monomer conversion was observed. The monomer conversion, however, did not exceed 30 %. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry |
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Keywords: | ring‐opening polymerization living free radical polymerization stable free radical 2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐1‐piperidinyloxy free radical 2‐methylene‐1,4,6‐trioxaspiro[4,4]nonane |
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