| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Title |
A New Insight Into the Mechanism of the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate Catalyzed by Methanesulfonic Acid |
| Authors |
Joao M. Campos M R Ribeiro Alain Deffieux Frederic Peruch |
| Groups |
CATHPRO |
| Journal |
MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
| Year |
2013 |
| Month |
January |
| Volume |
214 |
| Number |
1 |
| Pages |
85-93 |
| Abstract |
The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) initiated by a monoalcohol and catalyzed by CH3SO3H is investigated, in an effort to reveal extra features of the known activated monomer/active chain-end (AM/ACE) combined mechanism. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) profiles obtained with high-molar-mass samples show a poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) fraction generated by AM/ACE with a molar mass that is exactly twice that of the PTMC fraction coming from pure AM. Conversely, PTMC prepared with a diol is perfectly unimodal and keeps its molar mass dispersity below 1.1. This suggests that the side AM/ACE mechanism may be a bidirectional AM mechanism, and that PTMC with a narrow unimodal molar-mass distribution can be obtained easily from a diol regardless of this side propagation. |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.201200433 |
| ISBN |
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| Book Title |
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| ISSN |
1022-1352 |
| EISSN |
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| Conference Name |
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| Bibtex ID |
ISI:000312993100010 |
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