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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 40, Issue 24, Pages 4538-4549Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.10535
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fluoropolymers; degree of polymerization; microstructure; radical telomerization
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The photochemical-induced telomerization of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) with cyclohexyl (or phenyl) trifluoromethanethiosulfonate (CF3SO2SR), leading to CF3(VDF)(n)SR telomers, where R stands for cyclohexyl or phenyl, is presented. These sulfurated transfer agents were synthesized by the reaction between sodium triflinate (CF3SO2Na) and disulfide in the presence of bromine. F-19 NMR spectroscopy enabled an assessment of the average degrees of telomerization (DPn) of these telomers with a neat CF3 end group as the label. These DPn values increased for higher [VDF](0)/[CF3SO2SR](0) initial molar ratios. Interestingly, the normal/reversed ratio of VDF units in these telomers was low. Finally, the cotelomerization of VDF and hexafluoropropylene with these transfer agents was successfully achieved, leading to original omega-CF3 fluoroelastomers, the thermal properties of which were investigated. (C) 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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