Ring-opening polymerization anionic polymerization

Amplification. See Chirality amplification Anhydrides, ring opening, 331 Anionic polymerization methyl sorbate, 174 trityl acrylate, 181 Annelation, Robinson method, 336 Antibiotics, 8, 44, 80 Antibodies, 12... 

The chemistry of polymerization of the oxetanes is much the same as for THE polymerization. The ring-opening polymerization of oxetanes is primarily accompHshed by cationic polymerization methods (283,313—318), but because of the added ring strain, other polymerization techniques, eg, iasertion polymerization (319), anionic polymerization (320), and free-radical ring-opening polymerization (321), have been successful with certain special oxetanes. 

The use of an unsaturated anionic initiator—such as potassium p-vinyl benzoxide—is possible for the ring opening polymerization of oxirane [43]. Although initiation is generally heterogenous, the polymers exhibit the molecular weight expected and a low polydispersity. In this case, the styrene type unsaturation at chain end cannot get involved in the process, as the propagating sites are oxanions. 

PA-5 can be synthesized by die anionic ring-opening polymerization of a-piperidone.12 First the catalyst, A -acetyl piperidone, is prepared. Then the polymerization is performed anionically, well below its melting temperature. 

Polylactides, 18 Poly lactones, 18, 43 Poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), 22, 41, 42 preparation of, 99-100 Polymer age, 1 Polymer architecture, 6-9 Polymer chains, nonmesogenic units in, 52 Polymer Chemistry (Stevens), 5 Polymeric chiral catalysts, 473-474 Polymeric materials, history of, 1-2 Polymeric MDI (PMDI), 201, 210, 238 Polymerizations. See also Copolymerization Depolymerization Polyesterification Polymers Prepolymerization Repolymerization Ring-opening polymerization Solid-state polymerization Solution polymerization Solvent-free polymerization Step-grown polymerization processes Vapor-phase deposition polymerization acid chloride, 155-157 ADMET, 4, 10, 431-461 anionic, 149, 174, 177-178 batch, 167 bulk, 166, 331 chain-growth, 4 continuous, 167, 548 coupling, 467 Friedel-Crafts, 332-334 Hoechst, 548 hydrolytic, 150-153 influence of water content on, 151-152, 154... 

An interesting feature of the ring opening polymerization of siloxanes is their ability to proceed via either anionic or cationic mechanisms depending on the type of the catalyst employed. In the anionic polymerization alkali metal hydroxides, quaternary ammonium (I NOH) and phosphonium (R POH) bases and siloxanolates (Si—Oe M ) are the most widely used catalysts 1,2-4). They are usually employed at a level of 10 2 to KT4 weight percent depending on their activities and the reaction conditions. The activity of alkali metal hydroxides and siloxanolates decrease in the following order 76 79,126). 

Poly (dimethyl siloxane) obtained by anionic ring-opening polymerization of hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D3) can also be end-capped with vinylbenzyl bromide or other electrophiles, such as p. (chlorodimethylsilyl)styrene80). 

An alternate way to make block copolymers involving PDMS blocks 124,125) is to have these chains fitted with epoxide functions at chain end, and to react them with a vinylic or dienic polymer carrying terminal COOH functions. Sequential addition of monomers has also been used, the ring opening polymerization of the cyclic trimer (D3) being initiated by the anionic site of a living polymer126). 

Reactive polyesters were enzymatically synthesized. Lipase catalysis chemoselecfively induced the ring-opening polymerization of a lactone having exo-methylene group to produce a polyester having the reactive exo-methylene group in the main chain (Scheme 16). This is in contrast to the anionic... 

Quite often in the ring-opening polymerization, the polymer is only the kinetic product and later is transformed to thermodynamically stable cycles. The cationic polymerization of ethylene oxide leads to a mixture of poly(ethylene oxide) and 1,4-dioxane. In the presence of a cationic initiator poly(ethylene oxide) can be almost quantitatively transformed to this cyclic dimer. On the other hand, anionic polymerization is not accompanied by cyclization due to the lower affinity of the alkoxide anion towards linear ethers only strained (and more electrophilic) monomers can react with the anion. 

Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic monomers, usually by anionic or cationic catalysts, is another route to elastomers. These include the polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane... 

Suzuki, M. Kotani, J. Gyobu, S. Kaneko, T. Saegusa, T. 1994. Synthesis of sequence-ordered polysilane by anionic ring-opening polymerization of phenylno-namethycyclopentasilane. Macromolecules 27 2360-2363. 

Ring opening polymerization of hexasila[6](2,5)thiophenophane 49 was examined (46). Anionic ring opening polymerization of 49 with... 

Further variations of the basic motif of 1 comprise carbene le in which the anionic ligands are trifluoroacetate rather than chloride (Fig. 2) [4d]. However, this specific compound shows a significant tendency to isomerize the double bonds of the substrates in addition to its metathetic activity. Moreover, water soluble catalysts have been developed that contain bulky aliphatic phosphine ligands with either a quarternary ammonium group (lf,g) or a sulfonate function (lh) [12]. They have been tested in the ring opening polymerization... 

Fig.3A-D. Use of ring-opening polymerization (ROP) for neobiopolymer synthesis A General mechanism of cationic ROP. B Okada s use of cationic ROP to generate polymers with carbohydrate substituents at the terminus. C General mechanism for anionic ROP. D Okada s application of anionic ROP to generate carbohydrate-substituted polymers... 

For example, see Slomkowski, S. and Duda, A. Anionic ring-opening polymerization, In Ring-Opening Polymerization, Mechanisms, Catalysis, Structure, and Utility, Brunelle, D. J. (Ed.), Hanser-Verlag, New York, pp. 87-128, 1993. 

K. Hashimoto, Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactams. Living Anionic Polymerization and Its Applications , Prog. Polym. Sci. 2000, 25, 1411-1462. 

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