Bio-inspired cationic polymerization of isoprene and analogues: state-of-the-art
KOSTJUK, Sergei V.
Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
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Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
KOSTJUK, Sergei V.
Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University
GANACHAUD, Francois
Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier [ICGM ICMMM]
Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier [ICGM ICMMM]
DEFFIEUX, Alain
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 1 LCPO : Polymerization Catalyses & Engineering
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 1 LCPO : Polymerization Catalyses & Engineering
PERUCH, Frédéric
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 1 LCPO : Polymerization Catalyses & Engineering
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Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 1 LCPO : Polymerization Catalyses & Engineering
Language
en
Article de revue
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Polymer International. 2012, vol. 61, n° 2, p. 149-156
Wiley
English Abstract
Natural rubber (NR), which is polyisoprene about 100% 1,4-cis of high molar mass, > 10(6) g mol(-1), is mainly produced in southeast Asia and represents around 40%-45% of total worldwide elastomer consumption. Whereas more ...Read more >
Natural rubber (NR), which is polyisoprene about 100% 1,4-cis of high molar mass, > 10(6) g mol(-1), is mainly produced in southeast Asia and represents around 40%-45% of total worldwide elastomer consumption. Whereas more than 2500 plant species are able to produce polyisoprenoids, the only established commercial source of NR is Hevea braziliensis. NR presents high performance properties that are so far not matched by synthetic rubbers. As a consequence, NR is irreplaceable in many applications (aircraft tires, surgery gloves etc.). Nature and synthetic polymer chemists start from different substrates to synthesize polyisoprenes, i.e. isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), which is a universal building brick utilized by plants and animals, and isoprene monomer, respectively. Nevertheless, we proposed that the elementary processes involved in the biosynthesis of NR are very similar to those of cationic polymerization. In the course of a study on bio-inspired cationic polymerization of isoprene and IPP analogues, it appeared that cationic polymerization of isoprene proceeds readily and leads mainly to its 1,4-trans addition; such a process nevertheless remains difficult to control due to the occurrence of many side reactions (transfer, protic initiation, branching, cyclization). The present paper describes our understanding of the cationic polymerization of isoprene and its analogues catalyzed by different Lewis acids, in solution and aqueous dispersions.Read less <
Italian Keywords
natural rubber
isoprene
cationic polymerization
bio-inspiration
Origin
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