Abstract
ABSTRACTNew isobutylene‐rich elastomers bearing multiple pendant styrenic, acrylic, maleimidic, vinylic, and allylic functional groups have been prepared and examined in the context of peroxide‐initiated crosslinking. Halide displacement from brominated poly(isobutylene‐co‐isoprene) (BIIR) by the requisite carboxylate nucleophiles in homogeneous toluene solutions provide the desired esters in quantitative yield without complications from dehydrohalogenation or premature crosslinking. Heating the resulting macromonomers with dicumyl peroxide to 160 °C under solvent‐free conditions gives thermoset derivatives, with reaction rates and yields depending markedly on functional group structure. In general, high cure extents can only be achieved using highly reactive pendant functional groups, owing to the competitive balance between crosslinking through CC oligomerization, and degradation through β‐scission of backbone macroradical intermediates. Independent control of crosslinking rates and cure extents is gained through the use of nitroxyl radical traps bearing acrylate functionality. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 123–132
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