STUDIES ON THE INITIATION MECHANISM OF CERIC ION AND ACETYLACETONE REDOX SYSTEM IN VINYL POLYMERIZATION

The initiation mechanism of acrylamide (AAM)polymerization using ceric ion/acetylacetone system as an initiator has been studied. The redox polymerization was revealed by the low value of overall activation energy of AAm polymerization. The structure of free radicals formed from above-mentioned initiation sytem were detected by radical trapping and ESR spectra techniques and the end groups of polymers obtained were determined by FT-IR spectra analysis method. Based on these results the initiation mechanism is proposed.

铈离子与乙酰乙酸乙酯体系引发烯类聚合的研究

铈离子与醇、醛、酮、α-羟基酸等组成的体系能引发烯类单体进行自由基聚合。关于铈离子与酯类化合物体系文献报道甚少。孙燕慧发现脂肪酸酯或芳香酸酯对铈离子引发丙烯酰胺(AAM)聚合能起促进作用,提高聚合速度只R_(p)但活性较小,相对聚合速度只,为1.3左右。本文研究了二元酸酯、乙酰乙酸乙酯(EACAC)分别与铈离子组成的体系引发AAM聚合,实验结果表明EACAC有很高的活性,它与铈离子组成的体系为一氧化还原引发体系。应用自由基捕捉技术和ESR波谱研究,能检测到由EACAC组分反应产生的自由基,从聚合物端基的FT-IR光谱分析,证实了该自由基能引发单体聚合而成为聚合物的端基。从而讨论了引发机理。