Abstract
Kinetics of polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) in presence of fullerene (C60) has been studied using p-acetyl benzylidine triphenyl arsonium ylide as initiator in dioxane at 60 ± 0.1°C under the blanket of nitrogen. The rate of polymerization (R p ) at low concentration of fullerene may be represented as R p ∝ [Ylide]0.5[AN]1.0 [Full]−0.6, indicating inhibition effect of fullerene on the polymerization. The energy of activation for the polymerization was found to be 71.5 ± 0.5 kJ mol−1. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis (FTIR) confirmed the insertion of fullerene in to the final polymer. The mechanism for the polymerization has also been proposed.
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