Cationic polymerization of isobutylene in toluene: toward well-defined exo-olefin terminated medium molecular weight polyisobutylenes under mild conditions-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Cationic polymerization of isobutylene in toluene: toward well-defined exo-olefin terminated medium molecular weight polyisobutylenes under mild conditions

Published:2017 Issue:8 Volume:8 Page:1417-1425
ISSN:1759-9954
Container-title:Polymer Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Polym. Chem.

Author:

Vasilenko Irina V.¹²³,Nikishev Pavel A.¹²³,Shiman Dmitriy I.¹²³,Kostjuk Sergei V.¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University

2. 220006 Minsk

3. Belarus

Abstract

Medium molecular weight polyisobutylenes (∼35 000 g mol⁻¹) with exo-olefin end groups (>80%) can be obtained by cationic polymerization of isobutylene in toluene using ⁱBu₂AlCl or ⁱBuAlCl₂·nOR₂ (n = 0.6–0.8) as co-initiators.

Funder

Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Organic Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Biochemistry,Bioengineering

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/PY/C6PY02131J

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