Bonding and polymerization

In another method Gramain and Frere 34 reacted Polyoxyethylene monomethyl ether with methacryloyl chloride under various experimental conditions. The reaction was carried out in the presence of a tertiary amine and yielded the expected macromonomers. Care was taken to avoid two possible side reactions, namely addition of HC1 to the double bond, and polymerization of the methacrylic acid derivatives. Applying appropriate reaction conditions, the authors obtained oo-methacryloyl PEO macromonomers quantitatively. 

Superglue is ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate, which when applied to surfaces bonds and polymerizes, forming a strong bond between materials. It was dis-... 

In view of these observations it is not surprising that there occur a wide variety of catalytic reactions, particularly involving hydrocarbons. For example, the isomerization of olefins, homogeneous hydrogenations, group substitution in the vicinity of double bonds, and polymerization reactions are all catalyzed by transition metal complexes. 

The nitrogen atom has an electronegativity of 3.0. Thus for the nitrogen-nitrogen bond, the sum of the electronegativities is 6.0, whereas the difference AE is zero. Two nitrogen atoms therefore form a very stable multiple (triple) bond and polymeric nitrogen is not stable under normal conditions. 

We first have confirmed the presence of polymeric materials in the SEI by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), time of flight-secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS), and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( H-NMR), as exemplified in Figs. 4.7 and 4.8. The FTIR and XPS (01s) spectra indicated the presence of C = C bonds and polymeric materials, respectively. The TOF-SIMS revealed the existence of... 

The other end of the molecule (carboxylic acid group) is engaged in dimerized H-bonding. One might expect that the crystals of lithocholic acid would be arranged in planes with alternating lamella of dimer H-bonds and polymeric... 

Eren and co-workers (2003) modified soybean oil via anhydride functionalization of the double bonds and polymerized the resulting monomers by polycondensation with low molecular weight polyols and long diols (Figure 11.8). These polyesters, which were resilient soft rubbers at room temperature, could find application as adhesives, film formers, textile and paper sizes, and tackifiers. 

An alternative approach envisages the stimulating idea to produce an all-carbon fullerene polymer in which adjacent fullerenes are linked by covalent bonds and align in well characterized one-, two- and tliree-dimensional arrays. Polymerization of [60]fullerene, with the selective fonnation of covalent bonds, occurs upon treatment under pressure and relatively high temperatures, or upon photopolymerization in the absence of a triplet quencher,... 

These are systems in which multilayer stmctures are fonned from molecules containing one or more double bonds and in which polymerization is subsequently initiated by appropriate means such as electron beam or UV light exposure. 

Section 14 15 Coordination polymerization of ethylene and propene has the biggest eco nomic impact of any organic chemical process Ziegler-Natta polymer ization IS carried out using catalysts derived from transition metals such as titanium and zirconium tt Bonded and ct bonded organometallic com pounds are intermediates m coordination polymerization... 

It might be noted that most (not all) alkenes are polymerizable by the chain mechanism involving free-radical intermediates, whereas the carbonyl group is generally not polymerized by the free-radical mechanism. Carbonyl groups and some carbon-carbon double bonds are polymerized by ionic mechanisms. Monomers display far more specificity where the ionic mechanism is involved than with the free-radical mechanism. For example, acrylamide will polymerize through an anionic intermediate but not a cationic one, A -vinyl pyrrolidones by cationic but not anionic intermediates, and halogenated olefins by neither ionic species. In all of these cases free-radical polymerization is possible. 

Replacement of Labile Chlorines. When PVC is manufactured, competing reactions to the normal head-to-tail free-radical polymerization can sometimes take place. These side reactions are few ia number yet their presence ia the finished resin can be devastating. These abnormal stmctures have weakened carbon—chlorine bonds and are more susceptible to certain displacement reactions than are the normal PVC carbon—chlorine bonds. Carboxylate and mercaptide salts of certain metals, particularly organotin, zinc, cadmium, and antimony, attack these labile chlorine sites and replace them with a more thermally stable C—O or C—S bound ligand. These electrophilic metal centers can readily coordinate with the electronegative polarized chlorine atoms found at sites similar to stmctures (3—6). 

Oligomerization and Polymerization Reactions. One special feature of isocyanates is their propensity to dimerize and trimerize. Aromatic isocyanates, especially, are known to undergo these reactions in the absence of a catalyst. The dimerization product bears a strong dependency on both the reactivity and stmcture of the starting isocyanate. For example, aryl isocyanates dimerize, in the presence of phosphoms-based catalysts, by a crosswise addition to the C=N bond of the NCO group to yield a symmetrical dimer (15). 

Polymerization. Maleic anhydride which contains a double bond and an anhydride group is used in both addition and condensation... 

Figure 17 summarizes the avadable sol—gel processes (56). The process on the right of the figure involves the hydrolysis of metal alkoxides in a water—alcohol solution. The hydrolyzed alkoxides are polymerized to form a chemical gel, which is dried and heat treated to form a rigid oxide network held together by chemical bonds. This process is difficult to carry out, because the hydrolysis and polymerization must be carefully controlled. If the hydrolysis reaction proceeds too far, precipitation of hydrous metal oxides from the solution starts to occur, causing agglomerations of particulates in the sol. 

Association Complexes. The unshared electron pairs of the ether oxygens, which give the polymer strong hydrogen bonding affinity, can also take part in association reactions with a variety of monomeric and polymeric electron acceptors (40,41). These include poly(acryhc acid), poly(methacryhc acid), copolymers of maleic and acryflc acids, tannic acid, naphthoHc and phenoHc compounds, as well as urea and thiourea (42—47). 

Rubber. The mbber industry consumes finely ground metallic selenium and Selenac (selenium diethyl dithiocarbamate, R. T. Vanderbilt). Both are used with natural mbber and styrene—butadiene mbber (SBR) to increase the rate of vulcanization and improve the aging and mechanical properties of sulfudess and low sulfur stocks. Selenac is also used as an accelerator in butyl mbber and as an activator for other types of accelerators, eg, thiazoles (see Rubber chemicals). Selenium compounds are useflil as antioxidants (qv), uv stabilizers, (qv), bonding agents, carbon black activators, and polymerization additives. Selenac improves the adhesion of polyester fibers to mbber. 

The mechanism of anionic polymerization of cyclosiloxanes has been the subject of several studies (96,97). The first kinetic analysis in this area was carried out in the early 1950s (98). In the general scheme of this process, the propagation/depropagation step involves the nucleophilic attack of the silanolate anion on the sUicon, which results in the cleavage of the siloxane bond and formation of the new silanolate active center (eq. 17). 

Radiation-Induced Polymerization. In 1956 it was discovered that D can be polymerized in the soHd state by y-irradiation (145). Since that time a number of papers have reported radiation-induced polymerization of D and D in the soHd state (146,147). The first successhil polymerization of cychc siloxanes in the Hquid state (148) and later work (149) showed that the polymerization of cycHc siloxanes induced by y-irradiation has a cationic nature. The polymerization is initiated by a cleavage of Si—C bond and formation of silylenium cation. 

Sorbic acid is oxidized rapidly in the presence of molecular oxygen or peroxide compounds. The decomposition products indicate that the double bond farthest from the carboxyl group is oxidized (11). More complete oxidation leads to acetaldehyde, acetic acid, fumaraldehyde, fumaric acid, and polymeric products. Sorbic acid undergoes Diels-Alder reactions with many dienophiles and undergoes self-dimerization, which leads to eight possible isomeric Diels-Alder stmctures (12). 

LB Films of Polymerizable Amphiphiles. Stxidies of LB films of polymerizable amphiphiles include simple olefinic amphiphiles, conjugated double bonds, dienes, and diacetylenes (4). In general, a monomeric ampbipbile can be spread and polymerization can be induced either at tbe air—water interface or after transfer to a soHd substrate. Tbe former polymerization results in a rigid layer tbat is difficult to transfer. 

Cyclic and Polymeric Substances Containing Antimony-Antimony Bonds. A number of oiganoantimony compounds containing rings of four, five, or six antimony atoms have been prepared. The first such compound to be adequately characterized, tetrakis-l,2,3,4-/f i-butyltetrastibetane [47191 -73-5], Cj H Sb, was obtained by the interaction of a dialkylstibide and iodine (70) ... 

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