Abstract
Polymerization of 1,2-epoxypropane (PO) with aluminum porphyrin (2) was substantially accelerated (460 times) by the addition of an organoaluminum compound such as methylaluminum bis-(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenolate) (8). The molecular weight of the produced polyether increased linearly with the amount of PO reacted, while the molecular weight distribution (MWD) was invariably narrow throughout the polymerization. Sequential polymerization of PO and 1,2-epoxybutane (BO) with the aluminum porphyrin-8 system afforded the corresponding block copolymer with a narrow MWD
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