Triethylborane and methyl vinyl ketone as a bicomponent transfer agent for the polymerisation of styrene

Valérie Béraud, Laurent Businelli, Yves Gnanou*, Bernard Maillard

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Abstract

The polymerisation of styrene in the presence of methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) and triethylborane (BEt3)was studied. The mixture of these two compounds was found to form a bicomponent complex that functions as a transfer agent for growing polystyryl radicals (CT = 0.7; benzene, 60°C). The analysis of the polymer chains formed by MALDI-TOF-MS showed that they were fitted with CH2-CH3 and CH2-CH2-C(O)-CH3 as end groups which obviously emanated from MVK and BEt3. In contrast, no such transfer occurred on using each of them as single compound.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)901-904
Number of pages4
JournalMacromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume21
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 11 2000
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Organic Chemistry

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