ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
This paper presents results of the studies on the mechanism of initiation, propagation and chain transfer reactions in the recently found polymerization of 1,4- and/or 1,3-divinylbenzene (DVB), initiated with lithium diisopropylamide/diisopropylamine. Initiation was confirmed to take place by addition reaction of the alkylamino group to the DVB molecule. The population of the triad tacticity of the soluble poly(DVB) suggested the steric course of the polymerization to proceed according to Bernoullian statistics with respect to the diad placements, m and r. The chain transfer reaction was found to take place via the free amine, the chain transfer reactivity of a primary amine being higher than that of a secondary amine. Comparative studies on the reactivity and selectivity of sodium diisopropylamide toward styrene and DVB were also carried out with respect to lithium diisopropylamide as reference.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1986.021870103