Kinetics of PdII-catalyzed polymerization of methyl methacrylate by triethanolamine in the presence of CCl4

✍ Scribed by Pankaj K. Srivastava; Santosh K. Upadhyay

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 153 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0538-8066
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4601(2000)32:3<171::aid-kin7>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

Polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) with triethanolamine (TEA) and carbon tetrachloride has been investigated in the presence of PdCl 2 and in a dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) medium by employing a dilatometric technique at 60ЊC. The rate of polymerization has been obtained under the conditions [CCl 4 ]/

The kinetic date indicate the pos-[TEA] Յ 1. sible participation of the charge-transfer complex formed between the {amine-Pd II } complex and CCl 4 in the polymerization of MMA. In the absence of either CCl 4 or amine, no polymerization of MMA was observed under the present experimental conditions. The rate of polymerization was inhibited by hydroquinone, suggesting a free-radical initiation.