Effect of amines on the ceric ion‐initiated polymerization of vinyl monomers. II. Polymerization of acrylonitrile by ceric ion in presence of various substituted amines

The effect of various substituted amines on the polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by ceric ammonium sulfate has been studied in aqueous solution at 30°C. It was found that the secondary and tertiary amines considerably increased the rate of polymerization, whereas the primary amines seemed t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of polymer science. Part A-1, Polymer chemistry Polymer chemistry, 1972-03, Vol.10 (3), p.797-808
Hauptverfasser: Saha, Sisir K., Chaudhuri, Ajit K.
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Sprache:eng ; jpn
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of various substituted amines on the polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by ceric ammonium sulfate has been studied in aqueous solution at 30°C. It was found that the secondary and tertiary amines considerably increased the rate of polymerization, whereas the primary amines seemed to have no effect at all. From the kinetic studies it was found that the overall polymerization rate R p is independent of ceric ion concentration and can be expressed by the equation: R p = k 1 [amine] [monomer] + k 2 [monomer] 2 , where k 1 and k 2 are constants (involving different rate constants). The accelerating effect of the amines was attributed to a redox reaction between the ceric ion and the amine involving a single electron transfer, the relative activity of the different amines being thus dependent on the relative electron‐donating tendency of the substituents present in the amine. The mechanism of the polymerization is discussed on the basis of these results, and various kinetic constants are evaluated.
ISSN:0449-296X
1542-9350
DOI:10.1002/pol.1972.150100315