Polyethylene-g-Polystyrene Copolymers by Combination of ROMP, Mn-2(CO)(10)-Assisted TEMPO Substitution and NMRP

Çiftçi M., Arslan M., Buchmeiser M., Yagci Y.

ACS MACRO LETTERS, cilt.5, sa.8, ss.946-949, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00460
  • Dergi Adı: ACS MACRO LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.946-949
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The synthesis of polyethylene-graft-polystyrene copolymers by a multistep "grafting from" approach is described. In the first step, a bromo-functional polyethylene (PE-Br) was synthesized via ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cis-cyclooctene (COE) and quantitative hydrobromination. Subsequent irradiation of PE-Br under visible light in the presence of dimanganese decacarbonyl (Mn-2(CO)(10)) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) resulted in the formation of TEMPO-substituted polyethylene (PE TEMPO). Polystyrene (PS) chains were then grown via nitroxide mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) from the PE-TEMPO precursor to give desired PE-g-PS copolymers in a controlled manner. The intermediates at each step and final graft copolymers were characterized by H-1 NMR, FT-IR, GPC, and DSC analyses.