ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The effects of organometallic cocatalysts on the polymerization of disubstituted acetylenes were investigated. Diphenylacetylene did not polymerize with TaCl5 alone, while it produced a polymer quantitatively in the presence of appropriate cocatalysts (Me4Sn, Et3SiH, etc.). The poly(diphenylacetylene) formed was an insoluble yellow solid. 1-Phenyl-1-alkynes (1-Phenyl-1-butyne and -1-octyne) polymerized with TaCl5 and NbCl5 alone to yield polymers whose weight-average molecular weights (Mw's) were ca. 5 × 105. Use of cocatalysts (nBu4Sn etc.) to the polymerization of these monomers accelerated the reaction, and increased the polymer molecular weights up to ca. 1.5 × 106. The poly(1-phenyl-1-alkynes) were soluble white solids. Internal octynes (2-, 3-, and 4-octynes) gave mixtures of a polymer and cyclotrimers with TaCl5 alone. In contrast, cyclotrimers formed virtually selectively by addition of cocatalysts. Thus, various effects of organometallic cocatalysts were observed depending on the kind of monomer.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1987.080250609
