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Ring‐opening polymerization of tetrahydrofuran with rare earth‐contained catalysts
Author(s) -
Li Fengfu,
Jin Yingtai,
Pei Fengkui,
Wang Fosong
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.070501120
Subject(s) - polymerization , tetrahydrofuran , polymer chemistry , rare earth , catalysis , ring opening polymerization , chemistry , propylene oxide , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer , mineralogy , ethylene oxide , solvent
Rare earth trifluoroacetates, Ln(CF 3 CO 2 ) 3 (Ln=thirteen rare earth elements), combined with R n AlH 3− n (R=methyl, octyl, n =3; R=ethyl, i ‐Butyl, n =2,3) were used as catalysts for the polymerization of tetrahydrofuran (THF). The activity increased by adding propylene oxide (PO), as a promoter, to the polymerization system, producing high molecular weight polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF). The effects of Ln, PO/Ln, and Al/Ln, and others on the polymerization of THF were also studied. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.