Electrolytic Polymerization of Acrylonitrile with Hexamethylphosphoramide-Lithium Chloride

Graft Polymerization of Acrylonitrile onto Wheat Straw

Acrylonitrile was graft polymerized onto ground, water-washed wheat straw using Fe2 +-H 20 2 as initiator. Reaction conditions were selected to minimize homopolymer formation and ma.xi.mize the amount of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) grafted to straw. Polymerizations typically yielded straw-g-PAN containing 30-35% PAN. A two-step fractionation scheme was developed for determining the relative amounts...

KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF GRAFT POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLONITRILE ONTO STARCH INITIATED WITH POTASSIUM PERSULFATE

A new potassium persulfate redox system has been investigated for the graft polymerization of vinyl monomers. In this study potassium persulfate system was used for initiation the polymerization. Graft polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) onto starch (Sta) was carried out in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate (I) redox system. It was found that the percentage of grafting and rate of gr...

Electrolytic Regeneration of Acid Cupric Chloride

Lithium diisopropylamide solvated by hexamethylphosphoramide: substrate-dependent mechanisms for dehydrobrominations.

Lithium diisopropylamide-mediated dehydrobrominations of exo-2-bromonorbornane, 1-bromocyclooctene, and cis-4-bromo-tert-butylcyclohexane were studied in THF solutions and THF solutions with added hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA). Rate studies reveal a diverse array of mechanisms based on mono-, di-, and trisolvated monomers as well as triple ions. The results are contrasted with analogous elimin...

Thermal behaviour of acrylonitrile polymerization and polyacrylonitrile decomposition

The microcalorimetric studies on the polymerization of acrylonitrile with and without the thermal influence of polyacrylonitrile decomposition provide vital information on its thermal sensitivity and intrinsic safety. The present studies indicate that the exothermicity of polymerization and decomposition of polyacrylonitrile are kept under check by the self-regulatory role of the aqueous medium...