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Measurement of Chain Transfer Constants to Polymer Using Oligomers and Model Compounds: Chain Transfer to Poly [11-(4'-cyanophenyl-4''-phenoxy) undecyl acrylate] in Radical Polymerization
Macromolecules
  • Coleen Pugh, The University of Akron
  • Guangyu Fan, The University Of Akron
  • Andrea M. Kasko, The University Of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-18-2005
Abstract

The chain transfer constant to polymer (CP) for poly[11-(4‘-cyanophenyl-4‘ ‘-phenoxy)undecyl acrylate] was measured directly by the Mayo method by following the decrease in molecular weight at low monomer conversion by gel permeation chromatography of poly(methyl acrylate) generated in the presence of increasing amounts of 11-(4‘-cyanophenyl-4‘ ‘-phenoxy)undecyl propionate (CP = (6.62 ± 0.476) × 10-3) and 11-(4‘-cyanophenyl-4‘ ‘-phenoxy)undecyl isobutyrate (CP = (4.27 ± 0.858) × 10-3) as model compounds that mimic one repeat unit of the polymer and oligo[11-(4‘-cyanophenyl-4‘ ‘-phenoxy)undecyl acrylate] with nine repeat units (CP = (5.54 ± 0.608) × 10-3) synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization. The mean chain transfer constant, CP = 5.48 × 10-3, was used to calculate the extent of branching (ρ) in poly[11-(4‘-cyanophenyl-4‘ ‘-phenoxy)undecyl acrylate] (DPn = 37) synthesized by conventional radical polymerization:  ρ = 0.0042−0.020 at 72−99% conversion, which corresponds to one branch per 6.4−1.4 chains, respectively, of 37 repeat units.

Citation Information
Coleen Pugh, Guangyu Fan and Andrea M. Kasko. "Measurement of Chain Transfer Constants to Polymer Using Oligomers and Model Compounds: Chain Transfer to Poly [11-(4'-cyanophenyl-4''-phenoxy) undecyl acrylate] in Radical Polymerization" Macromolecules Vol. 38 Iss. 19 (2005) p. 8071 - 8077
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