Vinyl Ether Polymerization

It was in 1878 that wislicenus reported the transformation of ethyl vinyl ether into a viscous material in the presence of iodine.

Vinyl ether polymerization. They are increasingly used in radiation curing systems because of a lower toxicity profile than the commonly used acrylic monomers. In order to overcome the challenge of direct radical polymerization of vinyl ethers commercial hydroxy functional vinyl ethers such as 2 hydroxyethyl vinyl ether heve were subjected to free radical polymerization generating vinyl polymers without polyacetals obtained by self polyaddition polymerization. 1 the first systematic investigations of vinyl ether polymerization began in 1928 at i g. A combination of a metal free photocatalyst a chain transfer agent and light irradiation enables the synthesis of various poly vinyl ether s with good control over molecular weight and dispersity as well as excellent chain end fidelity.

Teator and leibfarth report a general protocol to polymerize a variety of such vinyl ethers isotactically see the perspective by foster and o reilly. Isospecific polymerization and recognition of chiral side chains titanium complexes of α α α α tetraaryl 1 3 dioxolane 4 5 dimethanol taddol derived from naturally abundant tartaric acid were demonstrated to function as highly effective. Cationic polymerization of poly α methylstyrene block isobutyl vinyl ether using maghnite h clay algerian mmt as catalyst moulkheir ayat mohammed belbachir abdelkader rahmouni. Provided is a method for the polymerization of vinyl ethers catalyzed by complexes of a lithium salt and a polyether.

Stereoselective cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by easily and finely tunable titanium complexes prepared from tartrate derived diols. We have recently realized ring expansion cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by using a hemiacetal ester embedded cyclic initiator that is easily synthesized. Vinyl ethers undergo homopolymerization via a cationic mechanism. Herein the unique polymerization is reviewed along with the history of ring expansion polymerization.

A preferred complex is a complex of lithium tetrafluoroborate and a glyme. Vinyl ethers undergo radical initiated copolymerization in the presence of specific monomers such as maleates fumarates and acrylics. This article is part of the themed collection. In the presence of diaryliodonium or triarylsulfonium photoinitiators the cationic polymerization occurs rapidly upon uv exposure and continues to proceed upon storage in the dark.