Sodium hydride/trialkylaluminum complexes for the controlled anionic polymerization of styrene at high temperature
CARLOTTI, Stéphane
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
CARLOTTI, Stéphane
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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Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2006, vol. 27, n° 12, p. 905-909
Wiley-VCH Verlag
English Abstract
A new generation of anionic initiators (butyl-lithium free), based on trialkylaluminum and a readily available alkali metal hydride, has been developed for the control of styrene polymerization at high temperature. ...Read more >
A new generation of anionic initiators (butyl-lithium free), based on trialkylaluminum and a readily available alkali metal hydride, has been developed for the control of styrene polymerization at high temperature. Triisobutylaluminum and sodium hydride form heterocomplexes that are efficient for the initiation of styrene polymerization at 100 degrees C in toluene or in bulk. To be active under such conditions, these systems require the presence of an excess of metal hydride with respect to AlR3 ([Al]/[Na] < 1). PS chains are specifically initiated by the hydrides coming from NaH, and molar masses are controlled in the range 0.8 < [Al]/[Na] < 1. Fast exchange between dormant 1:1 and active 1:2 complexes (Al:Na), and ligand rearrangements within the 1:2 complex, can explain the observed results.Read less <
English Keywords
polystyrene
sodium hydride
retarded anionic polymerization
high temperature
Origin
Hal imported