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http://dx.doi.org/10.7317/pk.2012.36.1.098

The Effects of Polymerization Catalyst Systems on the Synthesis of Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether)  

Lee, Chang-Jae (School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Yong-Tae (Super EP CFG, Cheil Industries INC.)
Kim, Jin-Kyu (Super EP CFG, Cheil Industries INC.)
Kim, Ji-Heung (School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Nam, Sung-Woo (School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Jeon, Boong-Soo (School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Young-Jun (School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Polymer(Korea) / v.36, no.1, 2012 , pp. 98-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) (PPE) was synthesized using $Cu(NO_2)_2{\cdot}3H_2O$ or CuCl catalyst with various amounts of ligand and base in several different solvent systems. CuCl/1-methylimidazole/ammonium hydroxide was found to be an effective catalyst system which showed the highest polymer yield and molecular weight. The effects of catalyst/monomer ratio, different amine ligands, and the content of mono-functional reagent 2,4,6-trimethylphenol (TMP) additive on the polymer yield and molecular weight were investigated. Among the co-solvent systems used in this polymerization, chloroform/methanol 9/1(v/v) gave the highest polymer yield and molecular weight ($\overline{M_n}$ 55 K, $\overline{M_w}$ 92 K, PDI 1.7). The catalytic activity between CuCl and CuI was compared by oxygen-uptake experiments and the formation of sideproduct, 5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diphenoquinone (DPQ), was analyzed by ultraviolet spectroscopy.
Keywords
poly(phenylene ether); engineering plastic; oxidative coupling; oxygen-uptake; DPQ; PPE;
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