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Mono- and poly-branched isostearic acid structures Figure 3B.18 Isostearic acid manufacturing. 

Compatibilization reactions for polyolefin poly- branch points in the polymer molecule. These can be... 

Polyphenylene polymers can be prepared by this coupling. For example, the preparation of poly(/i-quaterphenylene-2,2 -dicarboxylic acid) (643) was carried out using aqueous NaHCO and a water-soluble phosphine ligand (DPMSPP)[5I I]. Branched polyphenylene was also prepared[5l2). 

Figure 9.17 Plot of log [i ]M versus retention volume for various polymers, showing how different systems are represented by a single calibration curve when data are represented in this manner. The polymers used include linear and branched polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(vinyl chloride), poly(phenyl siloxane), polybutadiene, and branched, block, and graft copolymers of styrene and methyl methacrylate. [From Z. Grubisec, P. Rempp, and H. Benoit, Polym. Lett. 5 753 (1967), used with permission of Wiley.]...

Derivatives of hemicellulose components have properties similar to the ceUulosic equivalents but modified by the effects of thek lower molecular weight, more extensive branching, labile constituents, and more heterogeneous nature. Acetates, ethers, carboxymethylxylan (184), and xylan—poly(sodium acrylate) (185) have been prepared. 

The Cg—0 2 branched, odd and even, linear and internal olefins are used to produce improved flexible poly(vinyl chloride) plastics. Demand for these branched olefins, which are produced from propylene and butylene, is estimated to be increasing at a rate of 2% per year. However, the growth of the linear a-olefins is expected to slow down to a rate of 5% per year from 1992 to 1997 (3), as opposed to growth rates of 7—10% in the 1980s. 

Trilialophenols can be converted to poly(dihaloph.enylene oxide)s by a reaction that resembles radical-initiated displacement polymerization. In one procedure, either a copper or silver complex of the phenol is heated to produce a branched product (50). In another procedure, a catalytic quantity of an oxidizing agent and the dry sodium salt in dimethyl sulfoxide produces linear poly(2,6-dichloro-l,4-polyphenylene oxide) (51). The polymer can also be prepared by direct oxidation with a copper—amine catalyst, although branching in the ortho positions is indicated by chlorine analyses (52). 

Silicone Resins. Sihcone resins are an unusual class of organosdoxane polymers. Unlike linear poly(siloxanes), the typical siUcone resin has a highly branched molecular stmcture. The most unique, and perhaps most usehil, characteristics of these materials are their solubiUty in organic solvents and apparent miscibility in other polymers, including siUcones. The incongmity between solubiUty and three-dimensional stmcture is caused by low molecular weight < 10, 000 g/mol) and broad polydispersivity of most sihcone resins. 

Issues to be considered in selecting the best stabilizing system are polymeric chain branching which increases with high temperature and the presence of some stabilizers, polydispersity of the particles produced, and grafting copolymerization, which may occur because of the reaction of vinyl acetate with emulsifiers such as poly(vinyl alcohol) (43,44). 

Investigation has shown that chain transfer to polymer occurs predominantly on the acetate methyl group in preference to the chain backbone one estimate of the magnitude of the predominance is 40-fold (92,93). The number of branches per molecule of poly(vinyl acetate) polymerised at 60°C is ca 3, at 80% conversion. It rises rapidly thereafter and is ca 15 at 95% conversion and 1-2 x lO" number-average degrees of polymerisation. 

As shown in Table 3, the glass-transition temperatures of the amorphous straight-chain alkyl vinyl ether homopolymers decrease with increasing length of the side chain. Also, the melting points of the semicrystalline poly(alkyl vinyl ether)s increase with increasing side-chain branching. 

Less commonly used as third monomer is dicyclopentadiene [77-73-6] or DCPD, for which, due to its symmetrical shape, the tendency of the second double bond to take part in the polymeri2ation process is more pronounced than for ENB. This is one of the reasons for the formation of long-chain branches. The resulting product is poly(ethylene- (9-prop54ene- (9-DCPD) [25034-71-3]. 

Plasticizers. Plasticizers are materials that soften and flexibilize inherently rigid, and even britde polymers. Organic esters are widely used as plasticizers in polymers (97,98). These esters include the benzoats, phthalates, terephthalates, and trimeUitates, and aUphatic dibasic acid esters. Eor example, triethylene glycol bis(2-ethylbutyrate) [95-08-9] is a plasticizer for poly(vinyl butyral) [63148-65-2] which is used in laminated safety glass (see Vinyl POLYMERS, poly(vinyl acetals)). Di(2-ethyUiexyl)phthalate [117-81-7] (DOP) is a preeminent plasticizer. Variation of acid and/or alcohol component(s) modifies the efficacy of the resultant ester as a plasticizer. In phthalate plasticizers, molecular sizes of the alcohol moiety can be varied from methyl to tridecyl to control permanence, compatibiUty, and efficiency branched (eg, 2-ethylhexyl, isodecyl) for rapid absorption and fusion linear (C6—Cll) for low temperature flexibiUty and low volatility and aromatic (benzyl) for solvating. Terephthalates are recognized for their migration resistance, and trimeUitates for their low volatility in plasticizer appHcations. 

Usually the acid-base properties of poly electrolyte are studied by potentiometric titrations. However it is well known, that understanding of polyelectrolyte properties in solution is based on the knowledge of the thermodynamic properties. Up to now, there is only a small number of microcalorimetry titrations of polyelectrolyte solutions published. Therefore we carried out potentiometric and microcalorimetric titrations of hydrochloric form of the linear and branched polyamines at 25°C and 65°C, to study the influence of the stmcture on the acid-base properties. 

Polyolefins with branched side chains other than P4MP1 have been prepared Figure 11.14). Because of their increased cohesive energy, ability for the molecules to pack and the effect of increasing chain stiffness some of these polymers have very high melting points. For example, poly-(3-methylbut-l-ene) melts at about 240°C and poly-(4,4-dimethylpent-l-ene) is reported to have a melting point of between 300 C and 350°C. Certain cyclic side chains can also... 

Commercial polyfvinyl alcohol) (e.g. Gelvatol, Elvanol, Mowiol and Rhodo-viol) is available in a number of grades which differ in molecular weight and in the residual acetate content. Because alcoholysis will cause scission of branched polymers at the points where branching has proceeded via the acetate group, polyfvinyl alcohol) polymer will have a lower molecular weight than the poly (vinyl acetate) from which it is made. 

The study of acid-base interaction is an important branch of interfacial science. These interactions are widely exploited in several practical applications such as adhesion and adsorption processes. Most of the current studies in this area are based on calorimetric studies or wetting measurements or peel test measurements. While these studies have been instrumental in the understanding of these interfacial interactions, to a certain extent the interpretation of the results of these studies has been largely empirical. The recent advances in the theory and experiments of contact mechanics could be potentially employed to better understand and measure the molecular level acid-base interactions. One of the following two experimental procedures could be utilized (1) Polymers with different levels of acidic and basic chemical constitution can be coated on to elastomeric caps, as described in Section 4.2.1, and the adhesion between these layers can be measured using the JKR technique and Eqs. 11 or 30 as appropriate. For example, poly(p-amino styrene) and poly(p-hydroxy carbonyl styrene) can be coated on to PDMS-ox, and be used as acidic and basic surfaces, respectively, to study the acid-base interactions. (2) Another approach is to graft acidic or basic macromers onto a weakly crosslinked polyisoprene or polybutadiene elastomeric networks, and use these elastomeric networks in the JKR studies as described in Section 4.2.1. 

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