Synthesis and solution properties of comblike poly(mono‐n‐alkyl itaconates). I. Poly(monodecyl itaconate)

Abstract

The monoester of itaconic acid with n‐decyl alcohol was prepared and polymerized. The polymer was fractionated and characterized by viscometry, size‐exclusion chromatography (SEC) and light scattering. Some of the common semiempirical relations for flexible and rigid polymers were used in order to obtain the unperturbed dimensions and the conformational parameters. Thermodynamic and dimensional parameters were determined and calculated. The results are compared with those reported previously for similar compounds.

Wholly biomass derivable sustainable polymers by ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of monomers obtained from furfuryl alcohol and itaconic anhydride

“…8,9,10 Furfural 4 is also already produced in large quantities (hundreds of thousands of tonnes per year) from agricultural waste, 11 Furan derivatives 2-4, alongside itaconic acid 1, are already widely anticipated to be key platform molecules for the bio-based chemicals industry of the future. 12,13 Poly(alkyl)itaconates, and their copolymers, derived from esters of itaconic acid, 14,15 and prepared by conventional radical polymerisations, 16,17,18,19 are well established in the literature as are polyesters derived from itaconic acid and a diol. 20 However, simple poly(alkyl)itaconates invariably have a glass transition temperature (T g ) well below room temperature, resulting in gum-like materials.…”

Progress in the Free and Controlled Radical Homo‐ and Co‐Polymerization of Itaconic Acid Derivatives: Toward Functional Polymers with Controlled Molar Mass Distribution and Architecture

“…[ 8 ] This is consistent with findings for diitaconates where polymerization temperatures higher than 60 °C lead to significant rates of depolymerization. The structure of poly(β‐monoalkyl itaconate) has been described as comb‐like, [ 91,92 ] a consequence of intermolecular chain transfer reactions. The onset of thermal decomposition of these polymers depends on the structure of the ester group.…”

Synthesis, dilute solution properties and chain flexibility of poly(diesters) of itaconic acid, 2, poly(methyl decyl itaconate)

“…3. Stockmayer-Fixman plot for poly(methy1 decyl itaconate) in THF ( 0 ) and 1-butanol ( 0 ) at 298 K The relation between the root-mean-square end-to-end distance for the unperturbed chain (3)y2 and M is found to be: 02>A/2/A = 0,487 M"' (3) taking for Go the value of 2,50 -lo2' mol-' which has been considered to be the best experimental value from viscosity and light scattering measurements 13). From the value of ( ?)…”