YAN Ming-Fa, WANG Tao, HUANG Yongkai, QIANG Na, QUAN Daping. RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF LACTONE IN THE PRESENCE OF BENZYL ALCOHOL CATALYZED BY ALIPHATIC TERTIARY AMINE[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2011,(11):1231-1236.
YAN Ming-Fa, WANG Tao, HUANG Yongkai, QIANG Na, QUAN Daping. RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF LACTONE IN THE PRESENCE OF BENZYL ALCOHOL CATALYZED BY ALIPHATIC TERTIARY AMINE[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2011,(11):1231-1236. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1105.2011.10292.
In order to study the structure and the catalytic activity of aliphatic tertiary amines
the ring-opening polymerizations of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and L-lactide (L-LA) were catalyzed by aliphatic tertiary amines
including triethylamine (TEA)
N
N
N'
N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA)
1
1
4
7
7-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDTA) and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP)
using benzyl alcohol as initiator in THF at 55℃.Studies revealed the catalytic activity of these tertiary amines was increased according to the order:TEA TMEDAPMDTA DMAP.The relationships of polymer molecular weight with the conversion of monomer were linear
which were consistent with a living polymerization character.Finally
the plausible polymerization pathway was through an alcohol-activating mechanism.Aliphatic tertiary amines which were abundant in source and cheap in price were suitable for catalyzing the ring-opening bulk polymerization of lactone in low temperature because of their low boiling point
being liquid under ordinary conditions and being easy to get rid of.