Polymer growing

Here the polymer grows by successive esterification with elimination of water and no termination step. 

The terminal R groups can be aromatic or aliphatic. Typically, they are derivatives of monohydric phenoHc compounds including phenol and alkylated phenols, eg, /-butylphenol. In iaterfacial polymerization, bisphenol A and a monofunctional terminator are dissolved in aqueous caustic. Methylene chloride containing a phase-transfer catalyst is added. The two-phase system is stirred and phosgene is added. The bisphenol A salt reacts with the phosgene at the interface of the two solutions and the polymer "grows" into the methylene chloride. The sodium chloride by-product enters the aqueous phase. Chain length is controlled by the amount of monohydric terminator. The methylene chloride—polymer solution is separated from the aqueous brine-laden by-products. The facile separation of a pure polymer solution is the key to the interfacial process. The methylene chloride solvent is removed, and the polymer is isolated in the form of pellets, powder, or slurries. 

Ring-opening and oUier addidon polymerization in which the polymer grows in a manner other dian by a drain reaction... 

A new ethylene glycol molecule can condense with the carboxyl group on one end of the product, and another terephthalic acid molecule can condense with the hydroxyl group on the other end. As a result, the polymer grows at both ends and becomes... 

Here the polymer grows by successive esterification with elimination of water and no termination step. Polymers formed by linking monomers with carboxylic acid groups and those that have alcohol groups are known as polyesters. Polymers of this type are widely used for the manufacture of artificial fibers. For example, the esterification of terephthalic acid with ethylene glycol produces polyethylene terephthalate. 

The radical formed then reacts with the unsaturated monomer and a sequence of reactions is set up (propagation) in which the chain length of the polymer grows (Scheme 9.3). 

A kinetic model for single-phase polymerizations— that is, reactions where because of the similarity of structure the polymer grows as a solid-state solution in the monomer crystal without phase separation—has been proposed by Baughman [294] to explain the experimental behavior observed in the temperature- or light-induced polymerization of substimted diacetylenes R—C=C—C=C—R. The basic feature of the model is that the rate constant for nucleation is assumed to depend on the fraction of converted monomer x(f) and is not constant like it is assumed in the Avrami model discussed above. The rate of the solid-state polymerization is given by... 

The viscosity of the reacting system is also temperature dependent. The diffusion of the monomer and of the growing polymer chains and the heat transfer properties of the system are modified as the viscosity of the system increases or as the molecular weight of the polymer grows. 

Consider a telomer being formed from a cyclopentenyl polymer growing under the pairwise mechanism (Scheme 12.14) with growth being curtailed by cross-metathesis under two extreme conditions (i) with only pent-2-ene present (C4 C5 C6 = 0 100 0) and (ii) with a fully equilibrated mixture of acyclic monoalkenes (C4 C5 C6 = 1 2 1). Under condition (i), one would expect the formation of only hierarchical telomers (n = 1,2,3,4,5, etc.) of the type (C2)-[(cyc-C5) ]-(C3) as the pent-2-ene is split into a C2 and a C3 unit across the growing cyclo polyene. In contrast, under condition (ii), one would expect each hierarchical telomer to be formed in a 1 2 1 ratio of (C2)-[(cyc-C5)n]-(C2) (C2)-[(cyc-C5) ]-(C3) (C3)-[(cyc-Q)n]-(C3)> depending on whether there is cross-metathesis with C4, C5 or C6 (ratio = 1 2 1). The outcome will thus depend on how quickly the pent-2-ene is equilibrated by homo-metathesis to yield the C4, C5 and C6 mixture. Analysis of the rate of pent-2-ene homo-metathesis showed that it was not fast. Indeed, it proceeded at approximately the same rate as the telomerisation reaction. One would thus expect the telomer product early in the reaction to be essentially pure (C2)-[(cyc-C5) ]-(C3) species. Then, as C4 and C6 increase in concentration relative to C5, formation of the (C2)-[(cyc-C5) ]-(C2) and (C3)-[(cyc-C5) ]-(C3) telomers should increase proportionally. This was not found to be the case. 

Step-growth, or condensation, polymers are usually formed in a reaction between two monomers, each of which is at least difunctional. Polyesters, polyamides, polyurethanes, and epoxy resins are typical examples of step-growth polymers. These polymers grow by steps or leaps rather than one monomer unit at a time. 

Nevertheless, we should stress that the demand for elementorganic monomers and polymers grows with each year, which is due to their valuable characteristics. Sometimes the introduction of negligible amounts of certain elementorganic compounds into various compositions or composites considerably improves their performance characteristics. That is why, in spite of their relatively high costs, the use of elementorganic compounds is beneficial both technically and economically. 

Webster et al. l4a expanded on the preparation of the polyphenylenes to develop the one-pot synthesis of hyper-crosslinked poly(triphenylcarbinol). Thus, reaction of 4,4 -dilithiobiphenyl with (CH3)2C03 (— 80 °C — 25 °C, THF) afforded trityl alcohol-based polymer. The absence of carbonyl or methoxycarbonyl NMR resonances led to the speculation that the polymer grows via a branched convergent process. 

Name and characterise bonds anchoring the polymer growing chain in the polymerisation of conjugated dienes. 

A second method of production utilizes the Ziegler-Natta TiCl4 catalyst with liquid cocatalysts such as an alkyl aluminum halide. This is a reactive catalyst that must be prepared at the exclusion of air and water. The alkyl group of the co-catalyst coordinates with the Ti+3 site. The polymer grows by insertion of the ethylene into the double bond of the adsorbed polymer on another site. 

As the organosiloxane polymers grow by the process of condensation, the number of hydroxyl groups falls off rapidly, and effective collisions become much less frequent. Heat then must be applied to... 

A larger elementary particle size can be achieved by seeding the initial emulsion system. A PVC polymer latex is introduced and the particles of the new polymer grow on the seed. A continuous emulsion polymerisation process is also used. 

No support can be regarded as inert with respect to the active centres. By its universally positive effect on the activity of centres, MgCl2 is superior to any other support. In spite of the great technical importance of Mg in active centres, generally not much is known of their structure in third-generation catalysts (or perhaps because of its positive effects all the important producers have published hundreds of patents, but the crucial factors may still be kept secret). It is suspected that the separation (dilution) of transition metal atoms by a barrier of Mg atoms enables the majority of transition metals to become part of the active centres on these centres, the polymer grows more rapidly than on centres without Mg. Mutual contact of the centres is hindered, bimolecular termination of centres (transition metal reduction to a less active oxidation state) is limited, and the centres live longer. 

In the multifunctional initiation (A) and the multifunctional termination (B), living polymers grow outward from the initiator core and inward into the terminator core, respectively, but both processes lead to similar polymers. If they operate properly, these methods give multiarmed polymers that carry arms in a precisely controlled or predetermined number per molecule (= the functionality number of the initiator or terminator). 

Coordination polymerization is yet another variation on the same theme. Here, polymerization is initiated by attachment of a monomer molecule to a metal complex. The polymer grows by successive insertion of monomer molecules at the metal. Growth stops when the metal complex detaches itself or the reactive center becomes deactivated by some intended or inadvertent event. Stereo-specific polymers can be produced. 

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