Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 1993, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 1-4.

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COORDINATION POLYMERIZATION OF BUTYL METHACRYLATE WITH Nd(Oct)3-Al(i-Bu)3

Sun Junquan, Wang Guangming, Shen Zhiquan   

  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou
  • Received:1992-12-02 Revised:1993-03-15 Published:1993-08-10 Online:1993-08-10

Abstract: In the polymerization of butyl methacrylate catalyzed by Nd(Oct)3-Al(i-Bu)3, the conversion in hexane and petroleum ether was found to be higher than that observed in toluene and tetrahydrofuran. The combination of Al(i-Bu)3 with Nd(Oct)3 gave the polymer of higher molecular weight than other Nd-complexes:Nd(P204)3, Nd(P507)3 and Nd(naph)3. Kinetics study showed that the rate of polymerization is first order with respect to the monomer and catalyst concentration. The activation energy of polymerization of butyl methacrylate is 47.4kJ/mol.

Key words: butyl methacrylate, coordination polymerization, neodymium complex, Ziegler-Natta catalyst