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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 58, Issue 1, Pages 101-113Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.29460
Keywords
catalytic chain transfer; cobalt; controlled; living radical polymerization; Phenoxy-imine; Vinyl acetate
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 107-2113-M-007-014]
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A series of cobalt(II) phenoxy-imine complexes (Co-II(FI)(2)) have been synthesized to mediate the radical polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc) and methyl acrylate (MA) to evaluate the influence of chelating atoms and configuration to the control of polymerization. The VAc polymerizations showed the properties of controlled/living radical polymerization (C/LRP) with complexes 1a and 3a, but the catalytic chain transfer (CCT) behaviors with complexes 2a, 1b, 2b, and 3b. The control of VAc polymerization mediated by complex 1a could be improved by decreasing the reaction temperature to approach the molecular weights that not only linearly increased with conversions but also matched the theoretical values and relatively narrow molecular weight distributions. The catalytic chain transfer polymerizations (CCTP) mediated by complexes 2a, 1b, 2b, and 3b were characterized by Mayo plots and the polymer chain end double bonds were observed by H-1 NMR spectra. The tendency toward C/LRP or CCTP in VAc polymerization mediated by Co-II(FI)(2) could be determined by the ligand structure. Cobalt complex coordinated by the ligand with more steric hindered and less electron-donating substituents favored the controlled/living radical polymerization. In contrast, the efficiency of CCT process could be enhanced by less steric hindered, more electron-donating ligands. The controlled/living radical polymerization of MA, however, could not be achieved by the mediation of these cobalt(II) phenoxy-imine complexes. Associated with the results of polymerization mediated by other cobalt complexes, this study implied that the configuration and spin state of cobalt complexes were more critical than the chelating atoms to the control behavior of radical polymerization. (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019
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