Abstract
A general method for the synthesis of hyperbranched functional polymers in monoterpenes is described. During the polymerization of dicyclopentadiene, metathesis reactions between the growing polymer chain and monoterpenes produced soluble well-defined polymers. The molecular weight, intrinsic viscosity [], and glass transition temperature (Tg) values resulting from chain transfer to monoterpenes depended on the mode of monomer addition but generally decreased as follows: d-limonene limonene oxide -pinene. Calculation of the Mark Houwink Sakarada values by gel permeation chromatography suggested that, in solution, the branched poly(dicyclopentadiene) had a smaller hydrodynamic volume than polynorbornene. Characterization by NMR spectroscopy indicated the hyperbranched polymer had a complex structure composed of linear, terminal, semidendritic, and dendritic units.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1512-1518 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 10 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry