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Synthesis, isolation, and thermal behavior of polybutadiene grafted with poly (2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorostyrene)
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
  • Marta Paz-Pazos, The University Of Akron
  • Coleen Pugh, The University of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-24-2005
Abstract

2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorostyrene (PFS) was copolymerized with polybutadiene (PB) in tetrahydrofuran using benzoyl peroxide as the initiator at 50, 60, and 80 °C. The copolymerizations follow typical radical polymerization kinetics and behavior. The grafting parameters were evaluated as a function of monomer conversion, initiator concentration, and/or temperature by gel permeation chromatography of directly injected copolymerization mixtures. The grafting efficiencies and grafting ratios are most consistent with a system that terminates by combination and whose graft sites are generated by hydrogen abstraction of allylic radicals by primary initiator radicals. Pure graft copolymers were isolated by extracting unreacted PB into hexanes and PPFS homopolymer into acetone. The similarity of the glass transition temperatures of the PPFS grafts and the corresponding extracted PPFS homopolymers confirms that their lengths are approximately equal.

Citation Information
Marta Paz-Pazos and Coleen Pugh. "Synthesis, isolation, and thermal behavior of polybutadiene grafted with poly (2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorostyrene)" Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry Vol. 43 Iss. 13 (2005) p. 2874 - 2891
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/coleen_pugh/18/