화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.19, No.1, 15-19, 1998
Synthesis of 1-chloro-1-phenylethyl-telechelic polyisobutylene, a new potential macroinitiator by living cationic polymerization
1-Chloro-1-phenylethyl-telechelic polyisobutylene (PIB) was synthesized by living carbocationic polymerization (LCCP). LCCP of isobutylene was induced by a difunctional initiator in conjunction with TiCl4 as coinitiator in the presence of N,N-dimethylacetamide in CH2Cl2/hexane (40:60 v/v) solvent mixture at -78 degrees C. After complete isobutylene conversion a small amount of styrene was added leading to a rapid crossover reaction and thus to the attachment of short outer polystyrene (PSt) blocks to the PIB segment. Quenching the living polymerization of styrene yielded 1-chloro-1-phenylethyl terminal groups. The resulting telechelic polymer (Cl-PSt-PIB-PSt-Cl) is a potential new macroinitiator for atom transfer radical polymerization of a variety of vinyl monomers.