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POLYMER
Volume 43, Issue 25, Pages 7185-7190Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(02)00461-5
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bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxy)ethylaluminum; chain end cyclization; syndiotactic polyacrylate
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Anionic polymerizations of primary alkyl acrylates such as ethyl acrylate (EA) and n-butyl acrylate (n-BuA) with tert-butyllithium (t-BuLi) in the presence of bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxy)alkylaluminums were carried out in toluene. The polymerizations with t-BuLi/bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxy)ethylaluminum at low temperatures gave syndiotactic-rich polymers with narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD) in high yields, while those with t-BuLi/bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxy)methylaluminum gave polymers with broader MWD in lower yields. The monomer addition experiment revealed the livingness of the former polymerizations. The initial monomer concentration and polymerization temperature were found to affect the MWD and the stereoregularity of the obtained polymers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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