Diversified applications of chemically modified 1,2-polybutadiene.

Authors :: Yuan J
ten Brummelhuis N
Junginger M
Xie Z
Lu Y
Taubert A
Schlaad H
Source :: Macromolecular rapid communications [Macromol Rapid Commun] 2011 Aug 03; Vol. 32 (15), pp. 1157-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jun 24.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Commercially available 1,2-PB was transformed into a well-defined reactive intermediate by quantitative bromination. The brominated polymer was used as a polyfunctional macroinitiator for the cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline to yield a water-soluble brush polymer. Nucleophilic substitution of bromide by 1-methyl imidazole resulted in the formation of polyelectrolyte copolymers consisting of mixed units of imidazolium, bromo, and double bond. These copolymers, which were soluble in water without forming aggregates, were used as stabilizers in the heterophase polymerization of styrene and were also studied for their ionic conducting properties.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)