Randomly copolymerized poly(carbonate) glycols were employed as starting materials for the synthesis of polyurethane elastomers (PUEs). The poly(carbonate) glycols had hexamethylene (C 6 ) and tetramethylene (C 4 ) units between carbonate groups in various composition ratios (C 4 /C 6 ϭ 0/100, 50/50, 70/30, and 90/10), and the number-average molecular weights of these poly(carbonate) glycols were 1000 and 2000. The PUEs were synthesized with these poly(carbonate) glycols, 4,4Ј-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, and 1,4-butanediol by a prepolymer method. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements revealed that the difference between the glass-transition temperature of the soft segment in the PUEs and the glass-transition temperature of the original glycol polymer decreased and the melting point of the hard-segment domain increased with an increasing C 4 composition ratio. The microphase separation of the poly(carbonate) glycol-based PUEs likely became stronger with an increasing C 4 composition ratio. Young's modulus of these PUEs increased with an increasing C 4 composition ratio. This was due to increases in the degree of microphase separation and stiffness of the soft segment with an increase in the C 4 composition ratio. The molecular weight of poly(carbonate) glycol also influenced the microphase-separated structure and mechanical properties of the PUEs. The addition of different methylene chain units to poly(carbonate) glycol was quite effective in controlling the microphase-separated structure and mechanical properties of the PUEs.
ABSTRACT:Various titanocene polymers in which titanium ion of titanocene dichloride (TiCp2 Cl2) was convalently bound to polystyrene [or poly(carboxylic acid)] were synthesized. These polymer-bound titanocene species were found to be active catalysts for the reduction of dinitrogen molecule under mild conditions. When poly[styrene-co-styrylchlorobis(17-cyclopentadienyl)-titanium] and poly[styrene-co-bis(17-cyclopentadienyl) (p-vinylbenzoyloxy)titanium chloride] were cross-linked with divinylbenzene, the NH3 yield was relatively higher than that of the corresponding non-crosslinked homogeneous system. The NH3 yield increased with the percentage of cross-linking in the order 8% > 2% > 1 %-
KEY WORDSTitanocene Polymer / Dinitrogen Molecule / Dinitrogen Complex / Reduction / Ammonia / Most of low-valency transition metals are wellknown for their ability to bind molecular nitrogen as end-on or side-on type. 1 -4 The synthesis of polymeric dinitrogen complexes involves the utilization of dinitrogen molecules in air as the nitrogen source of NH 3 and various aminated substances.A dinitrogen complex such as (Cp 2 TiR)iN 2 (R = aryl) is known to be stable due to the delocalization (n-back donation) of the n electrons from the phenyl groups via the Ti atoms to the N 2 ligand. 5 -7 However, these binuclear complexes are catalytically inactive for the reduction of the coordinated dinitrogen molecule. We have studied the chemical behavior of the transition-metal complexes with polymeric ligand and found that the dimerization of metal complexes was inhibited by the polymer chain. 8 This paper is concerned with the syntheses of various polymer-bound titanocene dichlorides and the reduction of the coordinated dinitrogen in the polymer-bound titanocene complexes.
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MaterialsPolystyrene was prepared by the radical polymerization of styrene initiated by azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN). The number-average molecular weight of polystyrene calculated from vapor pressure osmometer was 13500. Bio-Beads SX polystyrene resins cross-linked by 1 %, 2%, and 8% divinylbenzene in the form of white beads (200-400 mesh) from Bio-RAD Laboratories were used without further purification.Commercial grade of titanocene dichloride (TiCp2Cl2), butyllithium (15% hexane solution), anhydrous aluminum trichloride, acetyl chloride, and potassium permanganate were used without further purification. Tetrahydrofuran, carbon disulfide, and isopropyl alcohol were purified in the ordinary way. titanium 793
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