Alkyl halide-initiated cationic polymerization of cyclic carbonate

The efficiency of alkyl halide initiators in carbocationic polymerization

This scheme has been used to explain qualitatively that neither alkyl halides yielding very unstable (i. e. reactive) wbenium ions nor alkyl halides yielding very stable (i. e. unreactive) carbenium ions are efficient initiators. In the fiist case step (1) and in the second case step (2) is unfav~rable~.~). Other authors criticized this conclusion and offered alternative interpretations for the...

Cyclic Oligomers in the Cationic Polymerization of Heterocycles

The cationic polymerization of heterocyclic monomers may lead to polymers containing substantial, yet Variable amounts of cyclic oligomers. This review gives a survey of the systems where such oligomers have been found. Oligomer formation is generally observed in the polymerization of oxiranes and thiiranes. The most frequently observed oligomers are the cyclic dimers and cyclic tetramers but o...

Free radical polymerization study of glycerin carbonate methacrylate for the synthesis of cyclic carbonate functionalized polymers

Surface-Initiated Polymerization of 5-(Perfluoro-n-alkyl)norbornenes from Gold Substrates

We report the surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (SI-ROMP) of 5-(perfluoro-n-alkyl)norbornenes (NBFn) to grow partially fluorinated polymer films of tunable thicknesses ranging from tens of nanometers tomicrometers on gold substrates. The perfluoroalkyl chains range in length (n) from 4 to 10 carbons, representing 67-83%of the molecular weight of the repeat unit. The growt...

Amplification of surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 5-(perfluoro-n-alkyl)norbornenes by macroinitiation.

This article reports the enhanced rate of the surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) of 5-(perfluoro-n-alkyl)norbornenes (NBFn) by combining two SIP techniques, namely surface-initiated atom-transfer polymerization (SI-ATRP) to grow a macroinitiator and surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (SI-ROMP) to produce the final coating. This polymerization approach promotes the rapi...