Citation: Qiao Xu, Yi-Feng Zhu, Zhao Yuan, Hua-Dong Tang. Atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and styrene in the presence of trolamine as a highly effective promoter[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(6): 773-778. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.012 shu

Atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and styrene in the presence of trolamine as a highly effective promoter

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Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China

Corresponding author: Hua-Dong Tang,
Received Date: 31 December 2014
Available Online: 27 February 2015

Transition metal-mediated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is a "living"/controlled radical polymerization. Recently, there has been widely increasing interest in reducing the high costs of catalyst separation and post-polymerization purification in ATRP. In this work, trolamine was found to significantly enhance the catalytical performance of CuBr/N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine (CuBr/TPEN) and CuBr/tris[2-(dimethylamino) ethylamine] (CuBr/Me₆TREN). With the addition of 25-fold molar amount of trolamine relative to CuBr, the catalyst loadings of CuBr/TPEN and CuBr/Me₆TREN were dramatically reduced from a catalyst-to-initiator ratio of 1 to 0.01 and 0.05, respectively. The polymerizations of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and styrene still showed first-order kinetics in the presence of trolamine and produced poly(methyl acrylate), poly(methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene with molecular weights close to theoretical values and low polydispersities. These results indicate that trolamine is a highly effective and versatile promoter for ATRP and is promising for potential industrial application.
- Atom transfer radical polymerization,
- Catalysis,
- Kinetics,
- Trolamine,
- Promoter
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