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Effect of Polarity of Solvent on Silanization of Halloysite Nanoclay Using (3-Glycidyloxy propyl) Trimethoxy Silane
2021
Abstract: The grafting of silane groups on clay surfaces has been recently investigated in order to fabricate versatile compounds with new potential applications in materials science and ecological engineering. This work explored the influence of variety of solvents with variable polarity on the silanization of halloysite nanoclay (HNT) surface by (3-Glycidyloxy propyl) trimethoxy silane. To this purpose, the functionalization of HNT by 3-Glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GOPTMS) has been conducted in Ethanol (polar protic solvent), Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and Acetonitrile (polar aprotic solvents), and Hexane, 1,4-Dioxane and Toluene (non polar solvents). The silane grafted materials were ch…
One-pot synthesis and characterization of aliphatic poly(oxytetramethylene) ionene
2002
Abstract One-pot synthesis of poly(oxytetramethylene) ionene (POI) composed of one dimethylammonium group in each repeating unit is described. POI was prepared by using the cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran, followed by the chain extension reaction of living poly(oxytetramethylene) (POTM) chain with N , N -dimethylaminotrimethylsilane. The weight average molecular weight of the ionene with bromide counter-anion (POI–Br) was 48,000 g/mol and the molecular weight of POTM between the ionic sites was ca. 2100. POI–Br showed polyelectrolyte behavior in polar solvent. The elastomeric film of POI–Br was prepared: its tensile strength at break and elongation at break were ca. 11 MPa and ca…
Coordination polymers based on diiron tetrakis(dithiolato) bridged by alkali metals, electrical bistability around room temperature, and strong antif…
2015
Coordination polymer chains have been formed by the direct reaction between HSC6H2Cl2SH and FeCl3·6H2O in the presence of an aqueous solution of the corresponding alkali-metal hydroxide (M = Li, Na, and K) or carbonate (M = Rb and Cs). The structures consist of dimeric [Fe2(SC6H2Cl2S)4](2-) entities bridged by [M2(THF)4] [M = K (1), Rb (2), and Cs (3); THF = tetrahydrofuran] or {[Na2(μ-H2O)2(THF)2] (5 and 5') units. The smaller size of the lithium atom yields an anion/cation ion-pair molecule, [Li(THF)4]2[Fe2(SC6H2Cl2S)4] (4), in which the dianionic moieties are held together by Cl···Cl interactions. Electrical characterization of these compounds shows a general semiconductor behavior in wh…
Enantiospecific semisynthesis of (+)-almuheptolide-A, a novel natural heptolide inhibitor of the mammalian mitochondrial respiratory chain.
1998
The development of novel styryl lactone derivatives as bioactive compounds and the semisynthesis of both 4,5-dialkoxylated eight-membered-ring lactones with a heptolide skeleton (almuheptolide-A (1) type) and 7-alkoxylated delta-lactones with a saturated furanopyrone skeleton (etharvensin (8) type) have been successfully achieved from the chiral unsaturated alpha-pyrone altholactone (7). This new method is a direct and one-step enantiospecific alkoxylation of altholactone (7) in concentrated acid medium, followed by formation of the eight-membered-ring zeta-lactone. The reaction mechanism operating in the synthesis of the heptolide skeleton is postulated to be a direct Michael-type addition…
DFT Study of Ethylene and Propylene Copolymerization over a Heterogeneous Catalyst with a Coordinating Lewis Base
2005
The copolymerization of ethylene and propylene over a heterogeneous Ti(III) catalyst containing tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a Lewis base and MgCl2 as a support has been studied by means of DFT. Two feasible models of active sites have been examined thoroughly, and one of them turned out to be favorable in terms of both catalytic activity and the microstructure of the resulting polymer. The external barriers of olefin insertion for this model range from 3.1 to 16.0 kcal/mol and are influenced by a variety of factors, such as the structure of the growing polymer chain and the nature of the incoming olefin as well as the orientation of the ligands around the titanium atom. Stochastic simulations …
Effect of Lithium Perchlorate on the Kinetics of the Anionic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Tetrahydrofuran
1999
The kinetics of the anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of lithium perchlorate (LiClO 4 ) are investigated in THF using 1,1-diphenylhexyllithium as initiator in a flow-tube reactor between -30 and 0 °C. The rate constants of propagation determined in the presence of LiClO 4 are lower than those obtained in the absence of the salt, similar to the effect observed for LiCl. For propagation, the reaction order with respect to active center concentration is found to be 0.5 in both cases, which indicates that LiClO 4 does not effectively perturb the aggregation of the enolate ion pair. The formation of various mixed aggregates is proposed. The polydispersity index of the…
Poly(THF-co-cyano ethylene oxide): Cyano Ethylene Oxide (CEO) Copolymerization with THF Leading to Multifunctional and Water-Soluble PolyTHF Polyelec…
2016
Cyano-functional polyether copolymers based on THF were prepared via cationic ring-opening copolymerization of THF with cyano ethylene oxide (CEO). The CEO content of poly(tetrahydrofuran) (polyTHF) based copolymers varied from 3.3 to 29.3%, and molecular weights ranged from 5100 to 31900 g·mol–1 with Mw/Mn in the range of 1.31 to 1.74 (SEC in THF, PS standards). The polymerization was conducted with methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOTf) as an initiator. Kinetic studies concerning incorporation of both monomers were performed via NMR spectroscopy. The cyano groups at the poly(THF-co-CEO) copolymers enable direct access to amino (polyTHF–NH2) and carboxyl groups (polyTHF–COOH) in facile o…
ABC triblock polyampholytes containing a neutral hydrophobic block, a polyacid and a polybase
1997
Well defined ABC triblock copolymers of polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) and polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) were synthesized by sequential living anionic polymerization in tetrahydrofuran. Triblock copolymers with narrow molecular weight distribution were obtained. Hydrolysis of the poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) block yields polystyrene-block-polyvinylpyridine-block-poly(methacrylic acid) which demonstrates pH-dependent solution properties. Interpolymer complexation of the polyvinylpyridine and poly(methacrylic acid) blocks in the micellar solution is studied in dependence of the pH in solution by potent…
On the anionic polymerization of dialkylaminoisoprenes, 3. A nuclear magnetic resonance study of the structure of oligo[5-(N,N-diisopropylamino)isopr…
1995
The structure of oligo[(5-N,N-diisopropylamino)isoprenyllithium] (number-average degree of polymerization Pn = 1-2) prepared by reaction of alkyllithium with 5-(N,N-diisopropylamino)-isoprene1 in nonpolar (benzene) and polar (tetrahydrofuran) solvents has been studied by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. In tetrahydrofuran, as expected, the negative charge at the terminal chain unit is more delocalized than in benzene and, consequently, the carbon-lithium bond has a more ionic character. In both solvents the living chain end shows a cisoid-4, 1-structure. No cistrans isomerization could be detected. This independence of the carbanion structure of the solvent polarity is explained by the complexa…
Copolymerization of ethylene with 1‐hexene over metallocene catalyst supported on complex of magnesium chloride with tetrahydrofuran
2004
The study of ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization with the zirconocene catalyst, bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride (Cp 2 ZrCl 2 )/methylaluminoxane (MAO), anchored on a MgCl 2 (THF) 2 support was carried out. The influence of 1-hexene concentration in the feed on catalyst productivity and comonomer reactivity as well as other properties was investigated. Additionally, the effect of support modification by the organoaluminum compounds [(MAO, trimethylaluminum (AlMe 3 ), or diethylaluminum chloride (Et 2 AlCl)] on the behavior of the MgCl 2 (THF) 2 /Cp 2 ZrCl/MAO catalyst in the copolymerization process and on the properties of the copolymers was explored. Immobilization of the Cp 2 ZrC…