Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.3. General Polymerization Procedure
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Entry b | Initiator | Mn,th d [g·mol−1] | Mn,NMR e [g·mol−1] | Mn,SEC [g·mol−1] | Đ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | sodium p-nitrophenoxide | 1100 | 1350 | 1300 | 1.19 |
2 | sodium p-chlorophenoxide | 1100 | 1150 | 1100 | 1.25 |
3 | sodium 1-naphtoxide | 1100 | 800 | 800 | 1.22 |
4 | sodium phenoxide | 1100 | 900 | 800 | 1.21 |
5 | sodium p-methoxyphenoxide | 1100 | 850 | 950 | 1.13 |
6 | sodium p-nitrophenoxide | 10000 | 3400 | 3800 | 1.62 |
7 | sodium p-chlorophenoxide | 10000 | 3050 | 4400 | 1.62 |
8 | sodium 1-naphtoxide | 10000 | 3000 | 4100 | 1.76 |
9 | sodium phenoxide | 10000 | 2400 | 4600 | 1.90 |
10 | sodium p-methoxyphenoxide | 10000 | 3100 | 4100 | 1.78 |
11 c | sodium phenoxide | 10000 | 7200 | 10200 | 1.27 |
12 c | sodium p-nitrophenoxide | 10000 | 7000 | 9100 | 1.21 |
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Domiński, A.; Konieczny, T.; Zięba, M.; Klim, M.; Kurcok, P. Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism. Polymers 2019, 11, 1221. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11071221
Domiński A, Konieczny T, Zięba M, Klim M, Kurcok P. Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism. Polymers. 2019; 11(7):1221. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11071221
Chicago/Turabian StyleDomiński, Adrian, Tomasz Konieczny, Magdalena Zięba, Magdalena Klim, and Piotr Kurcok. 2019. "Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism" Polymers 11, no. 7: 1221. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11071221