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Title: Nickel(0)-catalyzed cycloaddition copolymerization involving two diynes and carbon dioxide to poly(2-pyrone)

Journal Article · · Macromolecules; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00070a018· OSTI ID:5846423

A copolymerizability order of five diynes, i.e., 3,11-tetradecadiyne (A), 2,6-octadiyne (B), 1,4-di(2-hexynyl)benzene (C), 1,3-di(2-hexynyl)benzene (D), and 1,7-cyclotridecadiyne (E), in the nickel(0)-catalyzed 1:1 cycloaddition copolymerization of the diyne with CO[sub 2] to the poly(2-pyrone) was determined by the nickel(0)-catalyzed copolymerization involving two diynes and CO[sub 2]. The copolymerizability order obtained by analyzing the copolymer composition using [sup 1]H NMR spectroscopy was A [gt] E [gt] B [gt] C [gt] D. This order was explained in terms of the steric hindrance exerted by the substituent on the terminal C[triple bond]C bond of the cooligomer or the copolymer to its cycloaddition along with mobility of its terminal C[triple bond]C bond moiety for the cycloaddition. An order of cycloaddition reactivity of the diyne, which is related to formation of the cooligomer, was determined by measuring the unreacted diyne in the copolymerization involving five diynes and CO[sub 2] using gas chromatography. The result was E [gt] B [gt] C [gt] D [gt] A. Thus high copolymerizability of diyne A is noteworthy.

OSTI ID:
5846423
Journal Information:
Macromolecules; (United States), Vol. 26:18; ISSN 0024-9297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English