On the polymerization of methyl methacrylate by group 4 metallocenes

Citation
Pa. Cameron et al., On the polymerization of methyl methacrylate by group 4 metallocenes, MACROMOLEC, 33(12), 2000, pp. 4329-4335
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
MACROMOLECULES
ISSN journal
00249297 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4329 - 4335
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(20000613)33:12<4329:OTPOMM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Dimethylzirconocene precatalysts are shown to initiate the polymerization o f methyl methacrylate (MMA) when activated by a Lewis acidic methyl abstrac tor in the absence of any ZnEt2 additive. The order of addition of the vari ous components is crucial to forming a well-defined active species. Convers ion of the precatalysts Cp2ZrMe2 (1a), rac- [C2H4(eta(5)-C9H6)(2)]ZrMe2 (2a ), {Me2C(eta(5)-C5H4)(eta(5)-C13H8)}-ZrME2 (3a), {Me2C(eta(5)-C5H4)(eta(5)- C9H4)(eta(5)-C9H6)}ZrMe2 (4a), {Me2C(eta(5)-C5H4)(eta(5)-2-MeC9H5)}ZrMe2 (5 a), and (Cp)-(Cp*)ZrMc(2) (6a) to their cationic methylzirconocene derivati ves (2b-6b) followed by addition of methyl methacrylate results in controll ed polymerization to poly(methyl methacrylate) with the exception of 3b whi ch is inactive.