Article
The Preparation and Properties of Zinc Coordination Complexes of Poly(4-Vinylpyridine-co-n-Butyl Methacrylate) Copolymers
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
(1988)
Abstract
Two poly(4-vinylpyridine-co-n-butyl methacrylate) copolymers containing 14.2 and 30.0 mo!% of 4-vinylpyridine residues were prepared by free radical copolymerization reactions. Insoluble complexes were obtained for each copolymer by reaction with zinc chloride. The coordination complexes obtained had a molar ratio of 4-vinylpyridine residues to zinc atoms close to 2 in both cases. The rheological behavior of each of these complexes has been compared to that of the corresponding metal-free copolymers, which were recovered by decomplexation. The metal complexed polymers exhibited much higher glass transition temperatures and much longer high temperature relaxation times than the corresponding uncomplexed copolymers.
Keywords
- Preparation,
- properties,
- zinc,
- Coordination complexes,
- poly(4-Vinylpyridine-co-n-Butyl Methacrylate),
- Copolymers
Disciplines
Publication Date
1988
Citation Information
William MacKnight, Mihailo Jacovic, Ivan Perovic and R. W. Lenz. "The Preparation and Properties of Zinc Coordination Complexes of Poly(4-Vinylpyridine-co-n-Butyl Methacrylate) Copolymers" Journal of Applied Polymer Science Vol. 35 (1988) p. 903 - 912 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_macknight/159/