Dipiperidine ethane

Prepa.ra.tion, The preparation of amorphous high (99%) 1,2-polybutadiene was first reported iu 1981 (27). The use of a heterocycHc chelating diamine such as dipiperidine ethane iu the polymerization gave an amorphous elastomeric polymer of 99.9% 1,2 units and a glass-transition temperature of +5°C. In a previous description (53,54) of the use of a chelating diamine such as A/A/N(N -tetramethylethylene diamine, an 80% 1,2-polybutadiene with a glass-transition temperature of —30°C was produced. 

The unique feature about anionic polymerization of diene to produce homopolymer was that the microstructure of the homopolymer could be altered and changed at will to produce unique physical and chemical properties. These microstructural changes can be introduced before, after or during the polymerization. For example, chelating diamines, such as tetramethyl ethylene and diamine (TMEDA) (18), with the alkyl-lithium catalyst have been used to produce polymer with 80 1,2 addition products, while the use of dipiperidine ethane (DPE),with same catalyst has produced polybutadiene with 100 1,2 addition product. 

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