R. Nagahata et al., Solid-phase thermal polymerization of macrocyclic ethylene terephthalate dimer using various transesterification catalysts, J POL SC PC, 38(18), 2000, pp. 3360-3368
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Thermal ring-opening polymerization of a uniform macrocyclic ethylene terep
hthalate dimer with and without catalyst was investigated for the first tim
e. Although polymerization progressed without a catalyst, the reaction was
extremely slow and all the products were colored. Various transesterificati
on catalysts were tested for their activity toward this ring-opening polyme
rization. Among the various catalysts, 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetrabutyldista
nnoxane exhibited the highest catalytic activity, and a colorless polymer w
ith a weight-average molecular weight of 36,100 was obtained in 100% yield
by heating for 3 min at 200 degrees C. It is noteworthy that our method doe
s not need a vacuum because no side products are formed during the process.
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