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Synthesis of 5‐vinyl‐ m ‐ phenylene‐ m ′‐phenylene‐32‐ crown‐10 and its radical polymerization behavior
Author(s) -
Jin Long Yi,
Mah Soukil
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.10553
Subject(s) - azobisisobutyronitrile , polymer chemistry , monomer , copolymer , acrylonitrile , styrene , chemistry , radical polymerization , polymerization , phenylene , vinyl ether , radical initiator , materials science , polymer , organic chemistry
Synthesis of a vinyl monomer, containing a 32‐membered crown ether unit (VCE) as a pendant group, was achieved by using tetra(ethylene glycol) dichloride, resorcinol, and 3,5‐dihydroxyacetophenone as starting materials. The product was identified by means of FTIR and 1 H‐NMR. It was found that this monomer readily polymerizes by the conventional radical initiator 2,2′‐ azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) to afford a polymer whose number‐average molecular weight is 36 kg/mol; however, the final conversion of the polymer was < 80%. The results of the copolymerization of VCE with styrene (ST) or acrylonitrile (AN) are also discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 2372–2379, 2002