Copolymerisation of ε-caprolactone and trimethylene carbonate catalysed by methanesulfonic acid

Autor: Alain Deffieux, João M. Campos, M. Rosário Ribeiro, M. Filipa Ribeiro, Frédéric Peruch
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique (ENSCBP)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST), Team 1 LCPO : Polymerization Catalyses & Engineering, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique (ENSCBP)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique (ENSCBP)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: European Polymer Journal
European Polymer Journal, Elsevier, 2013, 49 (12), pp.4025-4034. ⟨10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.09.008⟩
ISSN: 0014-3057
1873-1945
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.09.008
Popis: The copolymerisation of e-caprolactone (e-CL) and trimethylene carbonate (TMC) catalysed by methanesulfonic acid was investigated. Preliminary copolymerisation tests using a monofunctional initiator confirm that the side bidirectional propagation previously detected in the homopolymerisation of TMC is also present in the copolymerisation. The comonomers in the e-CL/TMC system do not follow first order kinetics. The values of the reactivity ratios obtained by the Kellen–Tudos method ( r e-CL = 2.90; r TMC = 0.62) suggest that random copolymerisation can be achieved, although the copolymer will be richer in e-CL. Dihydroxyl-telechelic e-CL/ TMC random copolymers were prepared using a bifunctional initiator. 1 H and 13 C NMR, SEC and DSC measurements show that the poly(TMC- co -e-CL) samples presented the expected microstructural characteristics, a unimodal molar-mass distribution and a very narrow polydispersity. Based on these features a novel route for the preparation of block copolyesters with tuned properties, and highly regarded in the development of materials for biomedicine, may be foreseen.
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