Controlled polymerization of glycidyl methyl ether initiated by onium salt/triisobutylaluminum and investigation of polymer LCST.

  • Labbe, Amelie (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymeres Organiques, Universite Bordeaux-1) ;
  • Carlotti, Stephane (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymeres Organiques, Universite Bordeaux-1) ;
  • Deffieux, Alain (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymeres Organiques, Universite Bordeaux-1) ;
  • Hirao, Akira (Polymeric and Organic Materials department, graduate School of Science and engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Ishizone, Takashi (Polymeric and Organic Materials department, graduate School of Science and engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Published : 2006.10.13

Abstract

Methyl glycidyl ether has been polymerized in a controlled fashion at low temperature in toluene using the combination of tetraoctyl ammonium bromide and triisobutyl aluminum. Poly(glycidyl methyl ether)s with molar masses ranging from 3 000 to about 90 000 g/mol and narrow polydispersities (<1.2) were prepared and the dependence of their solubility and LCST in water as a function on their molar masses investigated.

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