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In cases where Noyori s reagent (see p. 102f.) and other enantioselective reducing agents are not successful, (+)- or (—)-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane (Ipc BCl) may help. This reagent reduces prochiral aryl and tert-alkyl ketones with exceptionally high enantiomeric excesses (J. Chandrasekharan, 1985 H.C. Brown, 1986). The initially formed boron moiety is usually removed hy precipitation with diethanolamine. Ipc2BCl has, for example, been applied to synthesize polymer-supported chiral epoxides with 90% e.e. from Merrifield resins (T. Antonsson, 1989). 

The very high reactivity of the P—Cl bonds in (4) forms the basis for the now well-known macromolecular substitution method, which has been used to synthesize polymers of types (1) and (2) and some polymers that are hybrids of these and (3). The method involves nucleophilic reactions of (4), and to some extent of its difluoro analogue, with alkoxides or amines. 

The termination of radical polymerization cannot be prevented under normal conditions. This would be possible only in a polymerization initiated in rigid media, assuming that no chain transfer occurs, or if the radicals are trapped, for instance, by precipitation of the polymer during the process of its formation. Both methods have been used, and indeed the termination was considerably slowed down or even prevented permanently. However, such systems are of little value for synthesizing polymers according to a preconceived pattern. 

We have already noted in an earlier section that treatment of filler with a finishing agent also increases its abrasive attack on the parts of the processing equipment [271], At the same time it has been shown indirectly in [297,298] and directly by microscopic inspection in [294] that a synthesized polymer film remains on the polymerization-modified filler after the processing treatment, that is, there is always a medium which protects the molding equipment from the abrasive attack of the filler. In view of these observations, the polymeric composites with PMF are comparable, in terms of abrasive activity, with unfilled polymers [226, 227],... 

The thiocarbonylthio group can be transformed post-polymerization in a variety of ways to produce end-functional polymers or it can be removed. The presence of the thiocarbonylthio groups also means that the polymers synthesized by RAFT polymerization are usually colored and they possess a labile end group that may decompose to produce sometimes odorous byproducts. Even though the color and other issues may be modified by appropriate selection of the initial RAFT agent, these issues have provided further incentive to develop effective methods for treatment of RAFT-synthesized polymer to transform the thiocarbonylthio groups post-polymerization. 

ADMET of av j-dicncs has been a focus of research in the Wagener laboratories for many years now, where we have studied this chemistry to explore its viability in synthesizing polymers possessing both precisely designed microstructures as well as a variety of functionalities. The requirements for this reaction, such as steric and electronic factors, functionalities allowed, appropriate choice of catalyst, and necessary length or structure of the diene, have been examined.3,12-14 A detailed discussion will be presented later in this chapter with a brief synopsis of general rules for successful ADMET polymerization presented here. 

Development of more efficient transition metal catalyst systems including using novel and efficient ligands has been one of the focuses in organometallic chemistry.35 The developments in this area will allow not only to synthesize polymers under mild conditions with higher or desired molecular weights but also to use less expensive, more readily available materials for the polymerizations. 

Copolymerization is of practical and theoretical interest2,72). The practical interest is a result of the possibility to synthesize polymers with modified properties as opposed to the homopolymers. It is theoretically interesting because the ratios of monomers in the starting mixture are in many cases different from those in the copolymer. This can be helpful for making assertions about reaction mechanisms and relative monomer reactivities. 

In the field of soluble conducting polymers new data have been published on poly(3-alkylthiophenes " l They show that the solubility of undoped polymers increases with increasing chain length of the substituent in the order n-butyl > ethyl methyl. But, on the other hand, it has turned out that in the doped state the electro-chemically synthesized polymers cannot be dissolved in reasonable concentrations In a very recent paper Feldhues et al. have reported that some poly(3-alkoxythio-phenes) electropolymerized under special experimental conditions are completely soluble in dipolar aprotic solvents in both the undoped and doped states. The molecular weights were determined in the undoped state by a combination of gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), mass spectroscopy and UV/VIS spectroscopy. It was established that the usual chain length of soluble poly(3-methoxthythiophene) consists of six monomer units. 

Many different polymers have already been used to synthesize polymer-clay nanocomposites. In this section, an overview of the advances that have been made during the last 10 years in the intercalation and the delamination of organoclay in different polymeric media is given. The discussion mainly covers the work involving thermoset nanocomposites along with a brief discussion about thermoplastic-based nanocomposites. 

In all cases, alignment media will interact with the solute. The choice of alignment medium therefore is mainly determined by the solute compatibility with respect to charge, specific hydrophobic interactions or even chemical reactions if for example, radicals are stiU present in radically synthesized polymers. 

Our studies at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) have confirmed that at elevated temperatures, especially when using dry inert gas conditions, there is considerable difficulty in pushing the reaction (see scheme 5) to completion.18 Moisture was found to affect the rate of the reaction and the nature of the synthesized polymer. The introduction of additional catalyst to the reaction mixture was found to aid the forward reaction. Overall, our observations suggest the existence of a complex series of reactions, possibly having distinctly different activation energies. 

Both commercial and laboratory-synthesized polymers were used. Those made in the laboratory were generally prepared by solution polymerization, refluxing commercially available monomers in toluene using benzoyl peroxide as the catalyst. Other preparations were made in which azo-bis-isobutyronitrile (AIBN) was used as initiator, ethanol was employed as the refluxing medium, and monomers were especially synthesized in the laboratory. These variations in preparative procedure did not significantly affect the ranking of the polymers with respect to their tendency to crosslink, as reported in Table I. 

The concentration of the synthase or the number of enzyme copies has been assumed to have an influence on the molecular mass and molecular mass distribution of the synthesized polymer [33],but this has not been confirmed. The only variables found so far to control the molecular mass of the polymer are the initial ratio of substrate to enzyme levels, and the concentration of inducing factors in the culture medium [34-36] cf. also Chap. 9 of this book. 

Among various enzyme immobilization protocols, entrapment in polymer membranes is a general one for a variety of transducers. Formation of a membrane from a solution of already synthesized polymer is simpler and reproducible compared to chemical polymerization. The simplicity of this immobilization procedure should provide reproducibility for the resulting biosensors the latter is strongly required for mass production. 

In a more general way, the loading of metal salts into preformed block copolymer micelles has become the most used route for the incorporation of precursors into block copolymer nanostructures because it allows precursor loading with tolerable loading times, it is quite versatile, and it is applicable to a wide variety of precursor/block copolymer/solvent systems. The accordingly synthesized polymer-coated metallic or semiconducting nanoparticles exhibit increased stability, which results in, e.g., protection against oxidation as illustrated by Antonietti et al. [108]. 

Chapter 4 - On the basis of the diallylsilazanes, a,m -dihydridcoligoorganosiloxancs and l,4-bis(dimethylhydridesilyl)benzene, new polyfunctional siliconorganic polymers have been synthesized. General regularities and feasible mechanism of the reaction for obtaining diallylsilazanes have been studied. Based on data of elemental, IR and NMR 1H spectral analysis, the composition and structure of synthesized polymers have been established. 

Using Differential Scanning Calorimetric and Roentgen-phase analyses methods it has been established that synthesized polymers are amorphous systems. Thermal (phase) transformation temperatures of synthesized polymers have been determined. Thermooxidation stability of the synthesized polymers has been studied. There was shown that their thermooxidation stability exceeded the analogical characteristic of polyorganocarbosiloxanes. 

Using synthesized diallylsilazanes modification of the properties of some important industrial polymer composites based on phenolformaldehide resins has been carried out. Preliminary investigations showed that synthesized polymers in combination with phenolformaldehyde resins were successfully used as binding-components for polymer/graphite and polymer/carbon black electro-conducting composites. 

Table 1. Conditions of hydrosilylation reaction of l,4-bis(dimethylhydridesillyl)benzine and a,

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