Antithetic function of alcohol in living cationic polymerization: From terminator/inhibitor to useful initiator

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4194-4201

  Nakatani, Kazuhiro ^a   Ouchi, Makoto ^a   Sawamoto, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Borontrifluoride etherate; Cationic polymerization; Living polymerization; Poly(vinyl ethers); Vinyl ether

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL MOLECULES; ALKOXIDE; BORONTRIFLUORIDE ETHERATE; BROAD MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATED VALUES; DIETHYL ETHERS; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ETHYL ACETATES; LEWIS ACID; LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; MALDI TOF MS; MONOMER CONVERSIONS; NUMBER-AVERAGE; POLY(VINYL ETHERS); POLYMER CHAINS; VINYL ETHER;

ESTERS; ETHERS; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 67650918301     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.23488     Document Type: Article

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