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Homo‐oligomerization of maleic anhydride in nonpolar solvents: A kinetic study of deviations from nonlinear behavior
Author(s) -
AlRoomi Yousef M.,
Hussain Kaneez F.
Publication year - 2006
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.22831
Subject(s) - maleic anhydride , steric effects , dispersity , polymer chemistry , chemistry , toluene , polymer , polymerization , reaction rate constant , kinetics , molar mass distribution , copolymer , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Deviation from nonlinear first order polymerization kinetic models is usually observed for cases where steric effects are dominant. A kinetic model was developed for the homo‐oligomerization of bulky maleic anhydride units. Factors affecting the kinetics of homo‐oligomerization of maleic anhydride have also been studied using two different initiators, azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) and benzoyl peroxide, at 10 mol % concentrations in two different solvents o ‐xylene and toluene. Maleic anhydride polymers having a number average molecular weight by SEC, between 300 and 900, and a polydispersity of between 1.0 and 2.0 were observed, and data were justified by the model. The molecular weight of the polymers increased with the conversion, and steric effects dominated at higher molecular weight as observed from the decrease in magnitude in the corresponding termination rate constants. The model values of conversion were compared with experimental data and cross verification of the model was done using molecular weight calculations. The present model represents the data with an average error of less than 5% over the entire experimental range. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 3404–3412, 2006