Abstract
Synthesis of terpolymers consisting of two electron-donating monomers, viz. styrene and vinyl acetate with one electron-accepting monomer, i.e. acrylonitrile, initiated by p-nitrobenzyl triphenyl phosphonim ylide in dioxane as diluent at 65°C for 150 min has been studied. The kinetic expression is Rpα[I]0.8[Sty] 1.2[VA] 1.4 [AN]1.2. The terpolymer composition was determined by the Kelen-Tüdos method. The values of reactivity ratios using r1 (Sty + VA) = 0.1 and r2 (AN) = 0.005. The overall activation energy is 46 kJ●mol●L–1. The formation of terpolymer is confirmed by the FTIR spectra showing bands at 3030 cm–1, 1598 cm–1, and 2362 cm–1, confirming the presence of phenyl, acetoxy and nitrile group respectively. The terpolymer has been characterized by 1H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 13C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The Differential Scanning Calorimetric curve shows the Tg of the polymer as 149.5°C. A scanning electron microscope confirms the polymer to be phosphorus free. Electron.Spin.Resonance spectra confirms phenyl radical responsible for initiation.
Highlights
The interest in macromolecular architecture has increased dramatically in recent years
Synthesis of terpolymers consisting of two electron-donating monomers, viz. styrene and vinyl acetate with one electron-accepting monomer, i.e. acrylonitrile, initiated by p-nitrobenzyl triphenyl phosphonim ylide in dioxane as diluent at 65 ̊C for 150 min has been studied
Voluminous literature is available for homo, and copolymerization very little kinetic and synthetic information is available for terpolymerization
Summary
The interest in macromolecular architecture has increased dramatically in recent years. Voluminous literature is available for homo, and copolymerization very little kinetic and synthetic information is available for terpolymerization. This is due to wide variation in monomer reactivity with radicals and difficulty of simultaneous polymerization of three monomers together. The sufficient stability of the phosphorus ylide to be capable of isolation has been attributed to the structural and electronic factors which contribute to stabilization of the ylidic carbonion. This stabilization has been thought to results from delocalization of the non-bonded electrons of the carbanion. Attempts have been made to synthesis the terpolymer and study the kinetics and characterization of the terpolymer initiated by p-nitrobenzyltriphenyl phosphonium ylide
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