Ma’Radzi, Akmal Hadi published the artcileSynthesis of polyvinyl alcohol stereoblock copolymer via the combination of living cationic polymerization and RAFT/MADIX polymerization using xanthate with vinyl ether moiety, Application of Ethyl 2-mercaptopropanoate, the publication is Polymer (2014), 55(21), 5332-5345, database is CAplus.
Different types of novel xanthates containing a vinyl ether moiety, S-benzyl O-2-(vinyloxy)ethyl carbonodithioate (Xanthate 1) and S-1-(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl O-2-(vinyloxy)ethyl carbonodithioate (Xanthate 2) were synthesized. In particular, the Xanthate 2 enabled the design of polyvinyl alc. (PVA) stereoblock copolymer via the combination of living cationic vinyl polymerization and RAFT/MADIX polymerization For cationic polymerization of iso-Bu vinyl ether (IBVE) and tert-Bu vinyl ether (TBVE), the polymerizations were conducted under Xanthate 1-HCl adduct/SnCl4 and Xanthate 1 or 2-CF3COOH adduct/EtAlCl2 initiating system in the presence of Et acetate. Both systems proceeded in living polymerization fashion because the calculated Mn of both poly(IBVE) and poly(TBVE) matches with the Mn polymerized assuming that one polymer chain is formed per one mol. of the Xanthate 1 or 2. The resulting poly(TBVE) had a high number average α-end functionality as determined by MALDI-TOF-MS spectrometry. Xanthate 2 is more efficient for the following RAFT/MADIX polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc). The RAFT/MADIX polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc) using azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) at 60 °C was conducted using either poly(IBVE) or poly(TBVE) macro-CTA. The poly(TBVE) macro-CTAs synthesized from the Xanthate 2 were able to polymerize VAc smoothly via RAFT/MADIX polymerization, to prepare well-defined diblock copolymer, poly(TBVE)-b-poly(VAc). The resulting block copolymer was then hydrolyzed using KOH in methanol and followed by acid hydrolysis using HBr gas bubbling. The resulting polymer is and inherently stereoblock-like copolymer, isotactic rich PVA-b-atactic PVA (iPVA-b-aPVA). From the DSC measurement, the iPVA-b-aPVA has one glass transition at 69.5 °C and two m.ps. according to iPVA and aPVA at 237.9 and 198.1 °C, resp. Thus, it can be suggested that the obtained PVA has two different geometries by the combination of living cationic polymerization and RAFT/MADIX polymerization
Polymer published new progress about 19788-49-9. 19788-49-9 belongs to esters-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Thiol,Aliphatic hydrocarbon chain,Ester, name is Ethyl 2-mercaptopropanoate, and the molecular formula is C5H10O2S, Application of Ethyl 2-mercaptopropanoate.
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