Experimental details are given for the preparation of 1,1′‐ferrocenedicarboxylic acid and 1,1′‐ferrocenedicarbonyl chloride. Ferrocenedicarbonyl chloride was used to prepare novel condensation polymers containing the ferrocene nucleus as part of the main polymer chain. Interfacial polycondensation was used for the preparation of polyamides from ethylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine, piperazine, and p‐phenylenediamine. The polyamide from piperazine was obtained in crystalline form from tetrachloroethane. Polyesters were prepared from 4,4′‐ isopropylidinediphenol and hydroquinone. The polyester from ethylene glycol was prepared in low molecular weight from 1,1′‐dicarbomethoxyferrocene by transesterification.
A series of six new fluorinated acrylamide monomers has been studied. These included the N‐1,1‐dihydrotrifluoroethyl acrylamide, the N‐1,1‐dihydroheptafluorobutyl acrylamide and the N‐methyl, ‐ethyl, ‐n‐butyl and ‐isobutyl derivatives of the latter. Homopolymerization of the fluoroacrylamide monomers with benzoyl peroxide readily proceeded both in bulk and solution. Both liquid and crystalline fluorinated acrylamide monomers polymerized in emulsion with persulfate initiators. All homopolymers were thermoplastics which could be cast to yield clear transparent films. Specific evaluation was made of the electrical properties of polymeric N‐n‐butyl‐N‐1,1‐dihydroperfluorobutyl acrylamide before and after exposure to gamma radiation. A time—conversion polymerization curve was determined for the N‐ethyl‐N‐1,1‐dihydroperfluorobutyl acrylamide. The rapid polymerization found for this monomer characterizes the behavior of all the fluorinated acrylamide monomers. Copolymerization proceeded with a number of comonomers which included alkyl acrylates, fluoroalkyl acrylates, vinyl ethers, and several dienes. Reactivity ratios were evaluated for the copolymerization of N‐ethyl‐N‐1,1‐dihydroperfluorobutyl acrylamide (N‐EFBAm) with methyl methacrylate (MMA). Values determined were r1 = 0.89 (N‐EFBAm) and r2 = 0.77 (MMA).
The fractionations of two copolymers are discussed in relation to compositional and structural variations present in the copolymers. Indication that these copolymers were essentially linear was provided by a determination of the Huggins empirical slope constants.
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