scholarly journals Synthesis of Terpolymers with Homogeneous Composition by Free Radical Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride, Perfluorooctyl and Butyl or Dodecyl Methacrylates: Application of the Continuous Flow Monomer Addition Technique

Polymers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Szkudlarek ◽  
Uwe Beginn ◽  
Helmut Keul ◽  
Martin Möller
Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya Nifant’ev ◽  
Alexander Vinogradov ◽  
Alexey Vinogradov ◽  
Pavel Ivchenko

The free radical copolymerization of electron-acceptor and electron-donor vinyl monomers represents a particular case of sequence-controlled polymerization. The reactions of maleic anhydride (MA) or related compounds (acceptor comonomers) with α-olefins (donor comonomers) result in the formation of the alternating copolymers that have clear prospects for petrochemical and biomedical applications. However, in contrast to the well-established polymerization of acrylate monomers, these processes have not been studied theoretically using the density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In our research, we performed a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the free radical copolymerization of MA and closely related maleimide with different structural types of olefins at mpw1pw91/6-311g(d) level of the DFT. The results of our calculations clearly indicated the preference of the alternating reaction mode for the copolymerization of MA with α-olefins, isobutylene and prospective unsaturated monomers, as well as methylenealkanes. The DFT modeling of the thermally induced Alder-ene reaction between MA and olefins allowed to exclude this reaction from the scope of possible side processes at moderately high temperatures. Comparative analysis of MA and N-methylmaleimide (MMI) reactivity shown that the use of MMI instead of MA makes no sense in terms of the reaction rate and selectivity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunqing Li ◽  
Kedong Song ◽  
Huaming Li ◽  
Pengsheng Liu

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