ISSN:
1022-1352
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
This paper deals with the use of 3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-diene (3,7-DMO) and 5,7-dimethylocta-1,6-diene (5,7-DMO), issued from terpene feedstock, as termonomers for the synthesis of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers (EPDM). Their reactivity is first compared to 7-methylocta-1,6-diene (MOCD), an industrial linear diene, in homopolymerization and cross-copolymerization. Two catalytic systems are used: TiCl3, 1/3AlCl3, 14 MgCl2 associated with Al(C2H5)3, and VOCl3 or VCl4 associated with Al(C2H5)2Cl. The influence of the diene structure on the observed order of reactivity is discussed. In a second part, the copolymerization and the terpolymerization of the different dienes with ethylene and propene are implemented. A drastic influence of the diene structure and concentration on the productivity (and activity) is observed. Potentiometric titrations of the vanadium, performed both in the absence and in the presence of dienes (and of other substituted olefins), indicate that the productivity loss mainly results from a reduction process of the vanadium, involving the di- or trisubstituted olefins
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1995.021961002
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