Thermoplastic elastomers by sequential monomer addition |
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Authors: | Yasuo Tsunogae J P Kennedy |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, 44325-3909 Akron, OH, USA;(2) Present address: Research and Development Center, Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., 1-2-1 Yako, 210 Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Japan |
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Abstract: | The living carbocationic polymerization (LC Pzn) of p-methylstyrene (pMeSt) was achieved by the use of the 2-chloro-2,4,4-trimethylpentane (TMPCl)/TiCl4 initiating system in the presence of triethylamine (Et3N) electron donor in CH3Cl/nC6H14 mixed solvent at-80°C. Next, the synthesis, characterization, and some physical-mechanical characteristics of a series of poly (p-methylstyrene-b-isobutylene-b-p-methylstyrene) (PpMeSt-PIB-PpMeSt) triblocks is described. The latter synthesis involved two steps in one reactor: 1) The generation of diliving polyisobutylene dications (PIB) by the dicumyl chloride (DiCumCl)/TiCl4 system under similar conditions followed by 2) The addition of pMeSt and growth of living PpMeSt cations. The PpMeSt-PIB-PpMeSt triblocks are soft thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs).Paper L in the series Living Carbocationic Polymerization |
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