Catalytic cyclopropanation of polybutadienes

Catalytic cyclopropanation of commercial 1,2- or 1,4- cis -polybutadiene, respectively, with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by [Tp Br3 Cu(NCMe)] (Tp Br3 ¼ hydrotris(3,4,5-tribromo-1-pyrazo- lyl)borate) at room temperature afforded high molecular weight ( M n > 10 5 mol 1 ) side-chain or main-ch...

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Autores: Urbano Baena, Juan, Korthals, Brigitte, Díaz Requejo, María Mar, Pérez Romero, Pedro José, Mecking, Stefan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/10964
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10964
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbene addition
Catalysis
Functionalization of polymers
Organometallic catalysis
Polar groups
Polybutadienes
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Sumario:Catalytic cyclopropanation of commercial 1,2- or 1,4- cis -polybutadiene, respectively, with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by [Tp Br3 Cu(NCMe)] (Tp Br3 ¼ hydrotris(3,4,5-tribromo-1-pyrazo- lyl)borate) at room temperature afforded high molecular weight ( M n > 10 5 mol 1 ) side-chain or main-chain, respectively, carbox- yethyl cyclopropyl-substituted polymers with variable and con- trolled degrees of functionalization. Complete functionalization of 1,4- cis -polybutadiene afforded poly[ethylene-alt-(3-ethoxycar- bonyl-cyclopropene)]. Catalytic hydrogenation of residual dou- ble bonds of partially cyclopropanated polybutadienes provided access to the corresponding saturated polyolefins. Thermal properties are reported.