Abstract
AbstractThe polymerization of 2,3‐dimethylbutadiene (DMB) induced by butyllithium (BuLi), oligo‐2,3‐dimethylbutadienyllithium (ODMBL), and by the system ODMBL/N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylethylenediamine (TMD) was investigated in heptane at 60°C. The reaction order with respect to the organolithium compound was found to be for these cases −0,32, 0,28, and 0,56 respectively. The negative reaction order for BuLi is caused by the existence of the mixed associates (BuLi)x. (MnLi)y which follows from the negative influence of BuLi on the propagation reaction rate in the system DMB/ODMBL. Contrary to butadiene and isoprene, catalytic amounts of TMD decrease the propagation rate of DMB. This phenomenon is ascribed to a weak tendency of the complexes of the DMB‐living chains to dissociate into the monomeric form MnLi. TMD. The UV‐ and IR‐spectra of the living DMB‐chains and their complexes with TMD are studied.
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