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Study of the propagation centre in the anionic polymerization of (meth)acrylic monomers, 7 . Study of the interaction of the living dimer with lithium tert ‐butoxide in tetrahydrofuran
Author(s) -
Kříž Jaroslav,
Dybal Jiří,
Janata Miroslav,
Lochmann Lubomír,
Vlček Petr
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.1996.021970610
Subject(s) - chemistry , tetrahydrofuran , dimer , mndo , monomer , anionic addition polymerization , crystallography , polymerization , lithium (medication) , nmr spectra database , population , polymer chemistry , phenyl group , spectral line , polymer , molecule , organic chemistry , halogen , medicine , physics , demography , alkyl , astronomy , solvent , sociology , endocrinology
Using 1 H, 6 I i, 7 Li and 13 C NMR, di‐ tert ‐butyl 2‐lithio‐2,4,4‐trimethylglutarate ( A ) as a dimeric model of the living poly( tert ‐butyl methacrylate) is shown to form well‐defined aggregates with lithium tert ‐butoxide ( B ) in tetrahydrofuran. The prevailing aggregates with the composition A 2 B 2 and AB 3 are controlled mainly by the ratio A : B . The initial mixture of aggregates is formed very fast but is metastable. Using 1D and 2D spectra, 1 H‐ 1 H and 1 H‐ 6 Li nuclear Overhauser effect and relaxations of 1 H, 7 Li and 13 C, both aggregates are shown to exist mainly in three conformational forms ( b, c, d ) of the A ‐part which are very similar in both aggregate types. In agreement with the previously published infrared spectra, form d has the γ‐ester group of A coordinated to Li. d does not exchange with the ‘open’ forms b or c with perceptible rate on the NMR time scale. Its population is promoted by a larger content of B in the aggregate. By m odified n eglect of d ifferential o verlap (MNDO) quantum calculations, the aggregates A 2 B 2 and AB 3 are predicted to have a roughly cubical core (OLi) 4 which is distorted in the d form where one ( AB 3 ) or two ( A 2 B 2 ) Li atoms are pulled out of the cube by coordination to the γ‐ester group. The stabilization of the supramolecule A 2 B 2 or AB 3 and the promoting effect of B on intramolecular coordination to the γ‐ester group in A is explained in terms of a cooperative system of polycentric bonds and electrostatic interactions.