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Automated Parallel Temperature Optimization and Determination of Activation Energy for the Living Cationic Polymerization of 2‐Ethyl‐2‐oxazoline
Author(s) -
Hoogenboom Richard,
Fijten Martin W. M.,
Brändli Christof,
Schroer Josef,
Schubert Ulrich S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200390017
Subject(s) - cationic polymerization , polymerization , oxazoline , activation energy , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemistry , polymer , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering
Sixteen parallel polymerization reactions of 2‐ethyl‐2‐oxazoline have been performed at different temperatures in an automated synthesizer that allowed individual heating of each reactor. During the reactions samples were taken automatically, which were characterized by means of both online GPC and offline GC, in order to optimize the reaction temperature and to determine the activation energy of the polymerization.