V. Barboiu et al., REACTIONS ON POLYMERS WITH AMINE GROUPS - V - ADDITION OF PYRIDINE AND IMIDAZOLE GROUPS WITH ACETYLENECARBOXYLIC ACIDS, Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry, 36(10), 1998, pp. 1615-1623
Unsaturated macromolecular carboxybetaines were obtained by reaction o
f poly(4-vinylpyridine) and poly (N-vinylimidazole) with propiolic aci
d. A kinetic model was presented for 4-methylpyridine. It consists of
three coupled reactions: neutralization, addition which involves two m
olecules of acid and leads to a cation-anion pair structure, where the
cation results from the addition of the amine nitrogen to the triple
bond of acid, and an equilibrium reaction between the ion-pair structu
re and the betaine structure. The addition rate was found to be higher
for poly(4-vinylpyridine) than for poly (N-vinylimidazole); it was al
so higher in water than in a water-methanol mixture. The reaction with
acetylenedicarboxylic acid was carried out on poly(N-vinylimidazole),
but the transformed units showed the structure that results from prop
iolic acid. The betaine products from 4-methylpyridine did not polymer
ize by radical initiation. The polymeric products show characteristics
of photocrosslinking polymers. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.