Halogenation of poly(p-methylstyrene)

Autor: Warren T. Ford, Altaf E. Qureshi
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Reactive Polymers. 10:279-285
ISSN: 0923-1137
DOI: 10.1016/0923-1137(89)90035-3
Popis: The methyl groups of soluble and 1% crosslinked poly(p-methylstyrene) were chlorinated in mixtures of chloroform and aqueous sodium hypochlorite that was neutralized to pH 8.4 with HCl, both in the presence and in the absence of the phase-transfer catalyst (PTC) benzyltriethylammonium chloride. With 0.6–1.8 mol of hypochlorite and 0.01–0.02 mol of PTC per polymer repeat unit at room temperature a degree of functionalization (DF) of 0.10–0.6 of chloromethyl groups was attained. Similarly, bromination of 1% crosslinked poly(p-methylstyrene) with sodium hypobromite solution that was neutralized to pH 8.4 with HBr proceeded without any PTC to give a DF of 0.15–0.37 of bromomethyl groups. Selected chloromethyl polymers were esterified with the cesium salts of Boc- l -valine and Boc- l -phenylalanine.
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