By endcapping of living polystyrene with ethylene oxide and subsequent reaction with bromoacetyl bromide a polymer with a bromoacetoxy endgroup was obtained. This was used as a macroinitiator for the living cationic polymerization of 1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]octane. The structure and composition of the so formed two-block copolymer was elucidated by different methods. The ratio of the two block and their lengths were varied within broad limits.

Blends of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) with styrene copolymers

Binary blends of poly(2,6–dimethyl–1,4–phenylene oxide) (PPE) with various styrene copolymers were investigated. Poly(styrene–co–acrylonitrile) (SAN), poly[styrene–co–(methyl methacrylate)] (SMMA), poly[styrene–co–(acrylic acid)] (SAA) and poly[styrene–co–(maleic anhydride)] (SMA) are only miscible with PPE when the amount of comonomer is rather small. From calculated binary interaction densities it can be concluded that the strong repulsion between PPE and comonomer limits miscibility. In blends of PPE with SAN, as well as with ABS, the inter-facial tension between the blend components is significantly reduced upon addition of polystyrene–block–poly–(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymers…

The structure of 1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]octane (1) was evaluated by NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the six-membered ring has a chair conformation with the four membered ring in the N-axial and C-6-equatorial position, and as a consequence, the monomer allows neither a ring inversion nor a nitrogen inversion. It possesses two centers of chirality, one at the nitrogen atom and one at C-6. Homopolymerization was carried out in methanol at 60°C with N-alkyl ammonium salts of 1 affording the polymer in high yield within a few hours. Its NMR spectra reveal that the polymer chain is preferably arranged in the biequatorial position of the six-membered ring. As a polybase the polymer can be titrate…

Some new examples of cationic polymerization

Preparation, proprietes et polymerisation cationique de cis et trans-methoxyvinylchlorure. Le polymere trans est surtout threodiisotactique. Copolymerisation du cis avec le trans ou le styrene ou le dioxolanene-1,3. Polymerisation de la phenyl-2 oxazoline et de la conidine