Living cationic polymerization of 4-acetoxystyrene(STO)was conducted in CH_(2)Cl_(2) at-15℃ using a dicumyl chloride(DCC)/SnCl_(4)/nBu_(4)NBr initiating system.Impurity moisture initiation was inhibited by adding pro...Living cationic polymerization of 4-acetoxystyrene(STO)was conducted in CH_(2)Cl_(2) at-15℃ using a dicumyl chloride(DCC)/SnCl_(4)/nBu_(4)NBr initiating system.Impurity moisture initiation was inhibited by adding proton trap 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine(DTBP),and the controlled initiation of DCC was confirmed by ^(1)H nuclear magnetic resonance(^(1)H-NMR)spectroscopy and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-offlight mass(MALDI-TOF-MS)spectrometry.The polymerization kinetics were analyzed to for optimizing the polymerization rate.Allyl-telechelic PSTOs(allyl-PSTO-allyl)with molecular weight(Mn)range of 3540–7800 g/mol and narrow molecular weight dispersity(Mw/Mn)about 1.25 were prepared through nucleophilic substitution with allyltrimethylsilane(ATMS)at approximately 40%monomer conversion.The experimental results indicate that the substitution efficiency of ATMS increased with higher ATMS concentration,temperature,and extended reaction time.Nearly unity ally-functionality for allyl-PSTO-allyl was achieved by adding sufficient SnCl_(4) prior to the substitution.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52373011)。
文摘Living cationic polymerization of 4-acetoxystyrene(STO)was conducted in CH_(2)Cl_(2) at-15℃ using a dicumyl chloride(DCC)/SnCl_(4)/nBu_(4)NBr initiating system.Impurity moisture initiation was inhibited by adding proton trap 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine(DTBP),and the controlled initiation of DCC was confirmed by ^(1)H nuclear magnetic resonance(^(1)H-NMR)spectroscopy and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-offlight mass(MALDI-TOF-MS)spectrometry.The polymerization kinetics were analyzed to for optimizing the polymerization rate.Allyl-telechelic PSTOs(allyl-PSTO-allyl)with molecular weight(Mn)range of 3540–7800 g/mol and narrow molecular weight dispersity(Mw/Mn)about 1.25 were prepared through nucleophilic substitution with allyltrimethylsilane(ATMS)at approximately 40%monomer conversion.The experimental results indicate that the substitution efficiency of ATMS increased with higher ATMS concentration,temperature,and extended reaction time.Nearly unity ally-functionality for allyl-PSTO-allyl was achieved by adding sufficient SnCl_(4) prior to the substitution.
