Research Catalog

Title

Ionic polymerization and living polymers / Michael Szwarc and Marcel Van Beylen.

Author

Szwarc, Michael.

Publication

New York : Chapman & Hall, [1993]

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Additional Authors

Beylen, Marcel van.

Description

x, 380 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

Addition polymerization

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction. 1. Comparison of Ionic and Radical Polymerizations. 2. Developments of Ionic Polymerization. 3. Living and Dormant Polymers. 4. Polymerizability and the Monomer-Living Polymer Equilibria -- 2. Ionic Species. 1. Formation of Ions. 2. Ionophores and Ionogens, Ion-Pairs, and Covalent Species. 3. Free Ions and Ion-Pairs. 4. Different Types of Ion-Pairs. 5. Equilibria Between Free Ions and Ion-Pairs: Conductance Studies. 6. Heat and Entropy of Dissociation of Ion-Pairs. 7. Triple Ions. 8. Higher Ionic Aggregates. 9. Dynamics of Interconversions Between Ionic Species -- 3. Initiation and Propagation of Ionic Polymerization. 1. General Remarks. 2. Initiation and Propagation Induced by Salts. 3. Initiation and Propagation Involving Lithium Alkyls. 4. Initiation of Cationic Polymerization by Protonic Acids: Role of Esters (Including Halides). 5. Initiation of Polymerization by Lewis Bases and Acids: Problem of Zwitterions.
• 6. Initiation of Cationic Polymerization by Friedel-Crafts Reagents in Conjunction with Co-initiators. 7. Initiation of Polymerization by Electron Transfer and Related Topics. 8. Polymerization Initiated by High Energy Radiation. 9. Initiators Involving Al, Fe, Zn, and Other Metallo-Organics. 10. Activated Monomer Mechanism -- 4. Elementary Steps of Polymerization Other Than Initiation or Propagation. 1. Termination. 2. Intramolecular Proton or Hydride Ion Transfers and Other Isomerizations. 3. "Wrong" Monomer Addition. 4. Chain-Transfer. 5. Proton Traps. 6. Polymerization of Isobutene Initiated by Cumyl Chloride and Its Analogues. 7. Ring-Chain Competitions -- 5. Ionic Copolymerization. 1. General Schemes of Copolymerization and the Crossover Constants. 2. Reactivity and Basicity of Monomers. 3. Reactivity Ratios: Composition of Copolymer and Feed. 4. Copolymerization and Homopolymerization. 5. System Li-Polystyryl and Li-Polybutadienyl in Hydrocarbon Solvents.
• 6. Consequences of Equilibria Between Unreacted Aggregates and Reactive Nonassociated Polymers: Mixed Dimerizations. 7. Reversible Copolymerization: System 2-Vinylnaphthalene-Styrene. 8. Cationic Copolymerizations.

ISBN

0412036614 :

LCCN

92002344

OCLC

• 26130053
• ocm26130053

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries