화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecules, Vol.33, No.15, 5411-5417, 2000
Ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers via acyclic diene metathesis polymerization. Examining the effect of "long" precise ethylene run lengths
Tandem acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization/catalytic hydrogenation has been exploited to synthesize copolymers modeling ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) materials. A series of four sequence-ordered ethylene-co-vinyl acetate copolymers were prepared possessing precisely defined ethylene run lengths from 18 to 26 carbons. Use of the well-defined ADMET reaction in combination with a quantitative olefin-hydrogen technique generates well-defined EVA's, all of which are semicrystalline with a linear relationship between ethylene run length and melting temperature. All polymers except that with the lowest ethylene run length are film and fiber forming.