Acrylonitrile copolymers using cobalt acetylacetonate triethylaluminum initiator system. IV. Copolymerization with styrene

Gandhi, V. G. ; Sivaram, S. ; Bhardwaj, I. S. (1983) Acrylonitrile copolymers using cobalt acetylacetonate triethylaluminum initiator system. IV. Copolymerization with styrene Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry, 19 (1). pp. 147-154. ISSN 1060-1325

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Abstract

The copolymerization of acrylonitrile with styrene was studied using homogeneous Ziegler-Natta initiator containing cobalt acetylacetonate and triethylaluminum in benzene at 50°C. The overall rate of polymerization shows an interesting dependence on triethylaluminum, monomer, and initiator concentrations. The overall activation energy for the polymerization was found to be 10 kcal/mol. The polymerization was susceptible to inhibition by added hydroquinone. These observations are explained based on a mechanism wherein acrylonitrile competes for complexation with both the catalyst sites and the Lewis acid. The catalyst sites appear to possess both coordinate anionic and free radical characteristics.

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