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Figure 7.10 shows the 60-MHz spectra of poly (methyl methacrylate) prepared with different catalysts so that predominately isotactic, syndiotactic, and atactic products are formed. The three spectra in Fig. 7.10 are identified in terms of this predominant character. It is apparent that the spectra are quite different, especially in the range of 5 values between about 1 and 2 ppm. Since the atactic polymer has the least regular structure, we concentrate on the other two to make the assignment of the spectral features to the various protons. 

Nor is it tme that poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) packaging are hsted as 1 and 2 in the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) recycling coding system because they are the most recyclable. The numbers assigned to each plastic in the SPI coding system are purely arbitrary and do not redect the material s recyclabihty. 

British Patent 1,409 990 October 15,1975 assigned to Poli Industrie Chimica S.p.A. (Italy)... 

Figure 4 shows the H-NMR spectrum of a poly(P-PIN) of Mn = 112000 together with assignments. The doublet centered at 4.6 ppm is associated with the... 

From X-ray diffraction experiments28 it is known that in the crystalline phase the erythrodiisotactic poly(l,2-dimethyltetramethylene) has a (g+aaa g aaa)n structure as shown in Fig. 13. The bold printed letters in the denotation give the conformation of the CH—CH bond. In agreement with this structure and low temperature solution state spectra of 2,3-dimethylbutane, 3,4-dimethylhexane, and 4,5-dimethyloctane 29 30) in which the CHCH bond rotation is frozen the crystalline signals can be assigned conclusively. Like for the crystalline state of poly(l,2-... 

It is shown that the numbers of valence electrons assigned to the y-alloys, /3-manganese and alloys with similar structure, and a-manganese by a new system of metallic valences agree closely with the electron numbers calculated for complete filling of important Brillouin poly-... 

The program will be demonstrated with poly(vinyl alcohol) for tacticity analysis and with copolymer vinylidene chloride isobutylene for monomer sequence analysis. Peak assignments in C-13 spectra were obtained independently by two-dimensional NMR techniques. In some cases, assignments have been extended to longer sequences and confirmed via simulation of the experimental data. Experimental and "best-fit" simulated spectra will be compared. 

Example 1, Poly(vinyl alcohol). The first example is given for the carbon-13 spectrum of Poly(vinyl alcohol). Figure 2 shows a plot of the carbon spectrum and a peak listing with assignments from the user s database. The assignments constitute a difficult part of the analysis... 

The required acid sensitivity can be achieved by preparing polymers with ortho ester linkages in their backbone. The first poly-(ortho ester) has been described in a series of patents by Choi and Heller (3-6), assigned to the ALZA corporation. These proprietary materials were first designated with the trade name Chronomer and later Alzamer. They are prepared by a transesterification as follows ... 

CLOUGH j M and pattenden g (1983) Stereochemical assignment of prolycopene and other poly-c isomeric carotenoids in fruits of the tangerine tomato Lycopersicon esculentum var, Tangella J Chem Soc Perkin Trans, 1, 30121-18. 

Clough, J.M. and Pattenden, G., Stereochemical assignment of prolycopene and other poly-z-isomeric carotenoids in the fruits of the tangarine tomato Lycopersicum esculentum var. Tangella, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I, 3011, 1983. 

Chemical methods for structure determination in diene pol3 mers have in large measure been superseded by infrared absorption techniques. By comparing the infrared absorption spectra of polybutadiene and of the olefins chosen as models whose ethylenic structures correspond to the respective structural units, it has been possible to show that the bands occurring at 910.5, 966.5, and 724 cm. are characteristic of the 1,2, the mns-1,4, and the m-1,4 units, respectively. Moreover, the proportion of each unit may be determined within 1 or 2 percent from measurements of the absorption intensity in each band. The extinction coefficients characteristic of each structure must, of course, be known these may be assigned from intensity measurements on model compounds. Since the proportions of the various units depend on the rates of competitive reactions, their percentages may be expected to vary with the polymerization temperature. The 1,2 unit occurs to the extent of 18 to 22 percent of the total, almost independent of the temperature, in free-radical-polymerized (emulsion or mass) poly butadiene. The ratio of trans-1,4 to cfs-1,4, however,... 

Fig. 135.—The relationship between the equilibrium retractive force T(x (in lbs./in.2) at 241 °C for various multilinked poly (e-caproamides) at the extensions (a) indicated, and their equilibrium swelling ratios in m-cresol at 30°C. O, tetralinked polymers octa-linked polymers. The lines have been calculated according to Eq. (41), with appropriate revision for the octafunctional case (broken lines), an arbitrary value being assigned to the parameter Xi for each elongation. (Schaefgen and Flory.33)...

We now report that in the region of the absorption band the flow linear dichroism of a solution of 1 is positive (Fig. 3). Assuming that the nature of the flow orientation is of the usual kind, i.e., that the polymer chains in a random coil conformation which dominates in solution (34) tend to align with the flow direction, this observation provides additional support for the absolute assignment of the transition moment direction along the chain direction, even in solution. Similar conclusions based on polarization studies on a stretched film of poly(di-n-hexyl silane) have recently been reported (36). 

The proton decoupled carbon 13 NMR spectra for three poly( cyclohexylmethyl-co-isopropylmethyl) copolymers are shown in Figure 4. The backbone methyl group is observed as occurring between -4 and -1 ppm and consists of multiple resonances which are due to polymer microstructure. Multiple resonances are also observed for the methyl and tertiary carbon of the isopropyl group and for the methine carbon of the cyclohexyl group. Microstruc-tural assignments for these resonances remain to be made. It has also been found that increasing the bulky character of the substituent yielded broader resonance peaks in the carbon-13 NMR spectra. 

Compositional sequences were assigned in the carbonyl region of the 3C spectra of poly(MAA/MMA) and in the 3 9Sn spectra of poly (TBTM/MMA). Both syndiotactic and heterotactic splittings were observed in the carbonyl spectrum. In the 9Sn spectrum only the syndiotactic compositional triad was observed. 

The NMR spectra of the resulting poly(MMA/MAA) and prepolymers show that the carbonyl spectra of the prepolymer and the tin-stripped polymer are nearly identical. The syndiotactic com-positonal triads are assigned in Figure 5 with A representing the free acid centered triad and B representing the methyl ester centered triad. The ratio of the intensities of the A-centered triad are approximately correct for a random composition. 

Further evidence for these a-helix ROA band assignments in the extended amide III region comes from the ROA spectrum of poly-L-alanine dissolved in a mixture of chloroform (70%) and dichloracetic acid (30%), known to promote a-helix formation (Fasman, 1987), which shows strong positive ROA bands at 1305 and 1341 cm-1 (unpublished results), and of the cv-helix forming alanine-rich peptide AK21 (sequence Ac-AAKAAAAKAAAAKAAAAKAGY-NHg) in aqueous solution which shows strong positive ROA bands at 1309 and 1344 cm-1 (Blanch et al., 2000). 

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