Mechanism of isomerization of nascent molecular Cis polyacetylene in course of Ziegler-Natta polymerization of acetylene

Autor: Marc J. M. Abadie, Vlado Tabacik
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Synthetic Metals. 28:D721-D726
ISSN: 0379-6779
Popis: We have studied the cis/trans isomeric compositions relative to two series of pristine polyacetylene films synthetized at different temperatures (−78°C to 150°C, with (Al/Ti) = Const) and at different (Al/Ti)-ratios (1 t0 4, with T = Const). It is shown, that isomeric compositions result from a first order chemical process with Aτ = 37 ± 9 and with a surprisingly small activation energy E a = (2.3 ± 0.5) kcal/molePA. This is about ten to twenty times less than E a s characterizing the thermal isomerisation of PA Cis contained in PA free standing films. A model is proposed of a first order chemical process based on the presence in the Z-N medium of an equilibrium of two active species of catalyst. Such equilibrium is both temperature and (Al/Ti) controled.
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