Anionic polymerization of p-(2,2′-diphenylethyl)styrene and applications to graft copolymers |
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Authors: | Minglu Huang Wantai Yang Zhifeng Fu |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, PR China |
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Abstract: | Well-controlled anionic polymerization of an initiator-functionalized monomer, p-(2,2′-diphenylethyl)styrene (DPES), was achieved for the first time. The polymerization was performed in a mixed solvent of cyclohexane and tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 40 °C with n-BuLi as initiator. When the volume ratio of cyclohexane to THF was 20, the anionic polymerization of DPES showed living polymerization characteristics, and well-defined block copolymer PDPES-b-PS was successfully synthesized. Furthermore, radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of PDPES effectively afforded a graft copolymer composed of a polystyrene backbone and poly(methyl methacrylate) branches. The designation of analogous monomers and polymers was of great significance to synthesize a variety of sophisticated copolymer and functionalize polymer materials. |
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Keywords: | p-(2 2′-diphenylethyl)styrene living anionic polymerization macroinitiator graft copolymer |
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