Effects of Ligands in Novel Non-titanocene on Syndiotactic Polymerization of Styrene

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STUDY ON LIGHTLY SULFONATED SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE IONOMERS

Sulfonated syndiotactic polystyrene ionomers (SsPS) with 1.8 mol% degree of sulfonation have been studied. WAXD shows that the crystallinity of SsPS ionomers was decreased with increasing diameter size of the counter ions and sPS > SsPS-H > SsPS-K > SsPS-Zn. Moreover, SsPS ionomers only have alpha crystal form, while original sPS has two crystal forms: alpha and beta crystal form. TGA shows that the thermal stability of SsPS ionomers is higher than that of the original sPS and SsPS-Zn > SsPS-K > SsPS-H. DSC shows that all the glass transition temperatures (T-g) of SsPS ionomers are higher than that of the neat sPS and SsPS-Zn > SsPS-Na > SsPS-K > SsPS-H. However, the melting temperature (T-m) and crystallization peak temperature (T-p) of SsPS ionomers are lower and SsPS-H > SsPS-Zn > SsPS-K > SsPS-Na, while the crystallinity (X-c) of SsPS-Zn is the lowest. Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics shows that the Avrami index of sPS and SsPS-H are both about 4, suggesting the nucleation growth of SsPS-H with lower degree of sulfonation still keeps its three-dimension form. FTIR spectra of SsPS ionomers show a splitting absorption band for asymmetric stretching vibration of sulfonation group. The CH in-plane bending vibration of benzene ring shifted to higher wavenumber and the symmetric stretching vibration of sulfonation group changed slightly with different counter ion neutralized SsPS ionomers.

Multiple Melting Endotherms of Syndiotactic Polystyrene in β Crystalline Form

A series of syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS) samples in β crystalline form were prepared by cooling from the melt at various cooling rates. The effects of cooling rate from the melt, and DSC heating rate on the multiple melting behaviors of β crystals were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and modulated differential scanning calorimetry (MDSC), from which the nature.of the multiple melting behavior was ascribed to the occurring of a recrystallization process.

Blends of Polypropylene and Syndiotactic 1,2-Polybutadiene:Morphology,Crystallization Behaviors and Mechanical Properties

Morphologies,crystallization behavior and mechanical properties of polypropylene（PP）/syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene（s-1,2 PB）blends were investigated.Morphology observation shows the well dispersed domains of s-1,2 PB in PP matrix with the rather small domain sizes from 0.1 to 0.5μm when the s-1,2 PB content increases from 5%to 20%（mass fraction）in the blends,and the phase structure tends to become co-continuous as s-1,2 PB content further increases.Crystallization temperature（Tc）of PP component in the blends is fluctuated with the variation of s-1,2 PB content in the blends.Compatibilization,to some extent,between the two components is inferred from the examination of both morphology and crystallization behavior.Improvement of impact strength of PP toughened by s-1,2 PB becomes significant only in the case of s-1,2 PB content above 20%（mass fraction）.

FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Crystallization of Uniaxial Drawn Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Films

The crystallization of uniaxial hot drawn syndiotactic polystyrene/multi-walled carbon nanotube （sPS/MWCNT） nanocomposite films was studied by FTIR spectroscopy. The effects of MWCNT content, draw ratio and drawing temperature on the sPS crystallinity were investigated. The sPS/MWCMT nanocomposite films show reduced crystallinities with the increase of MWCNT content. In addition, with the increase of draw ratio, both the pure sPS and the sPS/MWCNT nanocomposite drawn films exhibit increased crystallinity. The effect of drawing temperature on the sPS crystallization is complex. In a temperature range of 100―135 °C, the crystallinity decreases with drawing temperature, whereas it increases at 140 °C for both pure sPS and its nanocomposite films.

Polymorphic Behavior of Syndiotactic Polypropylene Induced by Heat Treatment

The polymorphic behavior of syndiotactic polypropylene (s-PP) crystallized from the melt under different conditions was investigated by means of WAXD and DSC. The isothermal melt crystallization of s-PP proceeded in form I at tc≥ 110℃ and in form Ⅱ at tc≤110 ℃ s-PP crystallized nonisothermally from the melt was the mixture of forms and . With increasing the cooling rate (a), the content of form increased, and the content of form decreased. On heating, at 10 K/min, of quenched s-PP, it crystallized in form at t≤70 , continuing heating resulted in form form transition, which was an endothermal process.

ANNEALING INDUCED VARIATION OF CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SYNDIOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS

Syndiotactic polypropylene （sPP） as-spun fiber （sPP1） and drawn fiber （sPP2） were prepared by melt-spinning and melt-spinning/hot-drawing, respectively. The structure transition of the two fibers induced by annealing at different temperatures and the corresponding mechanical properties were subsequently investigated by the combination of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR）, wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） and tensile testing. The results indicate that the chain conformation and crystal forms of the two sPP fibers are not obviously changed at low annealing temperature （40℃）. With increasing the annealing temperature, the trans-planar conformation and mesophase in sPP1 and sPP2 fibers can be completely transformed to helical conformation and crystal form I under tension. Upon removing the tension, a small amount of mesophase and trans-planar conformation will be regained. The mechanical properties of the annealed fibers are manifestly dependent on their initial structure and the annealing temperature.

Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Atactic Polypropene Block Copolymer in the presnece of Half-sandwich Titanocene Catalysts

Some highly active η~5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyltribenzyloxy titanium complexes [Cp Ti(OBz)_3] activated by modified methylaluminoxane (mMAO) were prepared and used as the catalyst for styrene syndiospecific polymerization and propene atactic polymerization. Styrene could be copolymerized with propene when the propene was prepolymerized for a period, to which styrene and tri-isobutylaluminum (TIBA) were then added. The titled block copolymer together with the related homopolymers was obtained. The copolymerization porducts can be divided into the homopolymers and the copolymer by successive solvent extraction with boiling butanone, heptane and tetrahydrofuran (THF), and each fraction was characterized by ~13C NMR, DSC and WAXD. It was found that aPS and aPP were soluble in boiling butanone and heptane respectively. The block copolymer (sPS-b-aPP) composed of syndiottactic polystyrene segment was soluble in boiling THF and the residue was chiefly sPS.

Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polystyrene with Novel Titanocene Catalysts Activated by Modified Methylaluminoxane

Novel highly active eta(5)-pentamethylcyclopentadienyltribenzyloxy titanium catalyst activated by modified methylaluminoxane (m-MAO) was prepared for styrene syndiospecific polymerization. The influences of the contents of trimethylaluminum (TMA) in m-MAO and external addition of tri-isobutylaluminum (TIBA) on the distribution of the oxidation states of titanium were investigated in detail. The Ti (III) is in favour of styrene syndiospecific polymerization in higher catalytic activity.

SOLID PHASE TRANSITION OF SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE IN SUPERCRITICAL CO_2

Solid phase transition of the a form crystals to the 3 form crystals in syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) samples has occurred in supercritical CO2. This transformation is different from those detected under other conditions. The effects of some factors (e.g. time, temperature, and pressure) on the solid phase transformation of sPS in supercritical CO2 were analyzed in detail. Experimental results show that longer time, higher temperature or higher pressure favors the transformation of the a form crystals to the beta form crystals.

The Phase Transition of Syndiotactic Polystyrene Induced by Electrostatic Field

The crystal structure and morphology of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) melt crystallized in various electrostatic fields have been investigated by using wide angle X ray diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). WAXD and DSC analyses show that sPS is gradually transformed from α phase to β phase with increase of electrostatic intensity. The SEM observations indicate that the morphology of sPS micro crystals is strongly dependent on electrostatic intensity applied to the sample during solidification. The variation of the micro crystals orientation from disordered lamellae to ordered lamellare have been observed with increase of electrostatic intensity.

Deformation Temperature and Lamellar Thickness Dependency of FormⅠto Form Ⅲ Phase Transition in Syndiotactic Polypropylene during Tensile Stretching

Phase transition from form Ⅰ to form Ⅲ in syndiotactic polypropylene crystallized at different conditions during tensile deformation at different temperatures was investigated by using in situ synchrotron wide angle X-ray diffraction technique. In all cases, the occurrence of this phase transition was observed. The onset strain of this transition was found to be crystalline thickness decided by crystallization temperature and drawing temperature dependent. The effect of drawing temperature on this phase transition is understood by the changes in mechanical properties with temperature. Moreover, crystalline thickness dependency of the phase transition reveals that this form Ⅰ to from Ⅲ phase transition occurs first in those lamellae with their normal along the stretching direction which have not experienced stress induced melting and recrystallization.

Investigating the Nucleation Effect of DMDBS on Syndiotactic Polypropylene from the Perspective of Chain Conformation

The mechanism of nucleating agents(NAs)accelerating the crystallization of semi-crystlline polymers has received continuous attention due to the extreme importance in academic research and industry application.In this work,the nucleation effect and probable mechanism of 1,3.2,4 bis(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene)sorbitol(DMDBS)on promoting the crystallization of syndiotactic polypropylene(sPP)was systematically investigated.Our results showed that DMDBS could significantly accelerate the crystallization process and did not change the crystalline form of sPP.The in situ infrred spectra recorded in the crystallization process showed that in pristine sPP the tttt conformers decreased and the tgg conformers increased subsequently.In sPP/DMDBS system,DMDBS could promote the increase of tgg conformers rather than the decrease of tttt conformers.The further analysis by 2D-IR spectra revealed that ttgg conformers increased prior to the decrease of tttt conformers in the sPP/DMDBS system comparing with pristine sPP.Considering that ttgg conformers were basic elements of helical conformation of Form I crystal for sPP,we proposed a probable nucleation mechanism of DMDBS for sPP:DMDBS could stabilize the ttgg conformers which induced these ttgg conformers to pre-orientate and aggregate into helical conformation sequences as initial nuclei quickly and early to promote the sPP crystallization.Our work provides some new insights into the nucleation mechanism of NAs for sPP.

Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Benzyl-substituted Cyclopentadienyl lanthanide Complexes as Catalyst Precursors for the Syndiotactic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate

Yan-LongBALA, Muhammad D. XIE, Xiao-Min(HUANG, Ji-Ling*Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China Benzyl-substituted cyclopentadienyl lanthanide complexes were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, MS and IR spectroscopy. The analytical data point out the formation of monomeric, unsolvated complexes. In conjunction with Al(Et)3 as co-catalyst, the title complexes are efficient catalysts for the syndiotactic polymeriza-tion of methyl methacrylate. For the complex (C6H5CH2C5H4)2YCl, under the optimum polymerization conditions (60 ℃, n(MMA)∶n(catalyst)∶n(co-catalyst)=1000∶1∶10), a predominantly syndiotactic (rr=66%) polymer of high molecular weight (Mh=105000) was obtained.

Equilibrium Crystallization Temperature of Syndiotactic Polystyrene γ Form

The crystallization behavior of syndiotactic polystyrene（s PS） γ form undergoing annealing at various temperatures was investigated using the thermodynamic phase diagram based on Strobl＇s crystallization theory. On the basis of the differential scanning calorimetric results, it was observed that γ form melt-recrystallization occurred at a higher temperature with the increasing lamellar thickness, which resulted from the pre-annealing at the elevating temperature after acetone induced crystallization. Further temperature dependent small-angle X-ray scattering（SAXS） measurement revealed the evolution of the γ form lamellae upon heating until phase transition, involving three different regimes： lamellae stable region（25-90 °C）, melt-recrystallization region（90-185 °C） and pre-phase transition region（185-195 °C）. As a result, recrystallization line, equilibrium recrystallization line and melting line were developed for the s PS γ form crystallization process. Since the melt of γ form involved a γ-to-α/β form phase transition, the melting line was also denoted as the phase transition line in this special case. Therefore, the equilibrium crystallization temperature and melting（phase transition） temperatures were determined at around 390 and 220 °C on the basis of the thermodynamic phase diagram of the s PS γ form.

SYNDIOSPECIFIC POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE WITH Ar[O,O/NH]Cp ~*TiCl ACTIVATED WITH MMAO

A series of titanium complexes Ar[O,E]Cp~*TiCl(Cp~*=C_5Me_5,Ar=1,2-phenylene,E=NH(1a);Ar=1,2- phenylene,E=O(1b);Ar=2.2'-diphenylene,E=O(1c);Ar=2,2'-dinaphthalene,E=O(1d)) has been prepared by the reaction of corresponding phenol derivatives with Cp~*TiCl_3 in the presence of excessive triethylamine.Under the conditions of low Al/Ti molar ratio(e.g.500) and high reaction temperatures(>70℃),all the titanium complexes display higher catalytic activities towards the syndiospecific polymerization of styrene,in t...

STEREOREGULARITY OF POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) OBTAINED WITH CHIRAL ANIONIC COMPLEX INITIATOR

The stereoregular polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) have been investigatedwith chiral anionic complex initiator[FILi-(-)SP]in toluene, THF and toluene/THF [1/1(v/v)]. The tacticities of PMMAs obtained in the three solvents have been found to be mainly asyndiotactic triads(s-PMMA)with content of 72.3, 67.7 and 71.4%,respectively.

Morphological and Structural Studies of sPS/aPS Blends

The morphology and structure of the syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS)/atactic polystyrene (aPS) blends with various compositions have been studied by means of DSC, optical microscopy, SAXS, and WAXD. The results show that aPS is miscible with amorphous region of sPS. There is no macroscopic evidence that aPS forms separated domains in the blends. The decrease in crystallinity of sPS in the blends implies segregation of the aPS to the interfibrillar regions of the spherulites of sPS. The constancy of interlamellar distance and melting points indicates that the fibrillar structural units of sPS is unchanged on addition of aPS to sPS, and the unchanging parameters of the sPS unit cells mean that aPS does not enter the unit cells of sPS.

Study on Catalytic Behavior of Iron-based Catalyst with IITP as Electron Donor in the Polymerization of Butadiene

In this study,a novel iron-based catalyst system,Fe(acac)3/(isocyanoimino)triptenylphosphorane(IITP)/AlR3,was employed for the synthesis of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene in hexane.This catalyst system exhibits remarkably high catalytic activity,achieving a polymerization activity of 762 kgpolymer·molcatalyst^(-1)·h^(-1)at 50℃with a[BD]/[Fe]molar ratio of 20000.Furthermore,living polymerization characteristic were observed during the investigation of the polymerization kinetics of 1,3-butadiene polymerization.These characteristics were well demonstrated by a narrow molecular weight distribution(PDI≈2.0)of the resulting polybutadiene and a linear relationship between-ln(1-c)and polymerization time as well as number average molecular weight and polymer yield.The resultant polymer showed a 1,2-selectivity of approximately 76%and stereoregularity ranging from 62%to 73%(rrrr).Additionally,through kinetic studies on polymerization reaction,an apparent activation energy Ea value of this catalytic system was calculated to be 84.98 kJ·mol^(-1),which suggests that high polymerization temperature favors efficient polymerization.

Substituent Effects of Pyridyl-methylene Cyclopentadienyl Rare-earth Metal Complexes on Styrene Polymerization

Salt metathesis reactions between pyridyl-methylene-cyclopentadienyl lithium salt and LnCl_3 followed by the addition of two equivalents of LiCH_2SiMe_3 afforded a series of constrained-geometry-configuration rare-earth metal bis(alkyl) complexes(Cp′CH_2-Py)Ln(CH_2SiMe_3)_2(THF)_n(Py = C_5H_4N, Cp′ = C_5H_4(Cp), Ln = Sc, n = 0(1); Cp′ = C_9H_6(Ind), Ln = Sc, n = 0(2); Cp′ = 3-Me_3Si-C_9H_5(3-Me_3Si-Ind), Ln = Sc, n = 0(3a), Ln = Lu(3b), Y(3c), n = 1; Cp′ = 2,7-(~tBu)_2C_(13)H_8(2,7-(~tBu)_2-Flu), Ln = Sc(4 a), n = 0, Ln = Lu(4b),Y(4c), n = 1) in moderate to good yields, which were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction(for complex 3a). In the presence of [Ph_3C][B(C_6F_5)_4] and Al^iBu_3, these complexes displayed different performances towards styrene polymerization. Rare-earth metal bis(alkyl) precursors bearing Cp, Ind, and 3-Me_3Si-Ind segments exhibited very low catalytic activity to afford syndiotactic polystyrene. All electron-donating t Bu substituted complexes 4 a, 4 b, and 4 c showed very high activity and perfect syndiotactivity(rrrr > 99%), producing high molecular weight polystyrene(up to 54.1 × 10~4) with relatively narrow molecular distribution(PDI = 1.28-2.49).