Macromolecular Chemistry Mn = MiNi Ni Mw = WiMi = Wi NiMi 2 NiMi PI = M M w n Lecture 6
Molecular Weight Distribution in Polymeric Materials Polymer% Molecular weight
adical Chain Growth Polymerization Among the initiators used for radical chain-growth polymerization are diacyl peroxides, which decompose as shown on mild heating Dibenzoyl peroxide 2 2 + 2 C 2 A benzoyloxy radical A phenyl radical
Initiation CH H 2 C CH 2 CH
Propagation CH 2 CH H 2 C CH CH 2 CH H 2 C CH
Termination Coupling Ph * n n Ph * 2 Ph * n 2 Ph * n + H 3C n Ph Disproportionation
adical Generation Thermolysis N N ' N N + ' + N 2 + ' Thermal decomposition of azo-compounds NC N N CN CN N N CN 2,2 -azobis(2 azobis(2-methylpropanenitrile) 1,1 -azobis(1 azobis(1-cyclohexanenitrile) (AIBN)
Thermolysis of peroxides --- ' ' + Thermal decomposition of peroxides Na + S S Na + Benzoylperoxide (BP) di-tert tert-butylperoxide sodium persulfate
Photolysis ' hν C + ' C Photolysis of benzoin (= =H). =H).
edox Initiators H + Fe 2+ + Fe 3+ + H _ edox decomposition of cumyl hydroperoxide - 3 S S 3 - -- Fe(II) S 4 S *- + + 4 + Fe(III) edox decomposition of persulfate
Self initiation of monomer H + Diels-Alder dimerization molecular-assisted homolysis
[I] kd I 2 kd d [ I] = dt k = k max max e -E/ E/kT [Time] For efficient polymerization rate - need sufficient radicals. Too few - slow, poor conversion with t Too many - exothermic, low mol. wt AIBN 64 10 hrs 82 1 hr 100 6 mins 120 1 min t = 1 /2 ln 2 k d = 0.693/k d ptimum = 75-90 o C --> > eaction Time ~ 2-32 3 (t 1/2 1/2 )
Decomposition of Thermal Initiator k d I 2 Efficiency factor ( f ): CN N N CN di-tert-butylperoxide AIBN di-tert-butylperoxalate f = 0.65 f = 0.75 f=0.95 [ ] d i = = dt 2 f k d [ ] I
Temperature of 1 hr t1/2
i = Kinetics of free radical polymerization i = t - d[m ] dt Steady state assumption: = 2 k t [M ] 2 Where k t = k tc + k td 2 fk [ I ] = 2k [ M d t What is the Propagation rate ( p ) ] 2 So [M ]= fk d[ I ] fk k t p = -d[m] = kp [M][M ] dt p = -d[m] = kp [M] dt fk d[ I] fk k t
Kinetics of free radical polymerization Average kinetic chain length ( Ӯ ) Ӯ = K Ӯ = p = i [ M ][ M ] 2 2k [ M ] p t k [ M ] p p = = t 2k [ M ] t 2 k ( p [ M ] fk tk d [ I] Disproportionation : DP = Ӯ Combination : DP = 2Ӯ
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TEMP Controlled Polymerization 1993 M. K. Georges,. P. N. Veregin,, P. M. Kazmaier and G. K. Hamer (Xerox Corporation), "Narrow Molecular Weight esin by Free adical Process." I I N + N (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy) TEMP Monomer Polymer + N Polymer N DP = [monomer] [Initiator]
Controlled Free adical Polymerization
Control of polymer Architecture N + CH 3 AIBN CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 TEMP TEMP
CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 TEMP TEMP CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 Ph Ph Ph Ph