The author of 《Novel Features of 9-Methylene-9H-thioxanthene (MTAE) in Living Anionic Polymerization》 were Chang, Shuang; Han, Li; Ma, Hongwei; Bai, Hongyuan; Li, Cun; Liu, Pibo; Yang, Lincan; Shen, Heyu; Li, Chao; Zhang, Songbo. And the article was published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in 2019. COA of Formula: C19H18BrP The author mentioned the following in the article:
For this study, a new epithio-1,1-diphenylethylene (DPE) derivative, namely, 9-Methylene-9H-thioxanthene (MTAE), is synthesized, and its copolymerization reactions are investigated, showing distinctive features in living anionic copolymerization At room temperature and hydrocarbon solvents, MTAE cannot be copolymerized with styrene (St) but can be copolymerized with 1,4-divinylbenzene (DVB), forming a linear alternating copolymer. Based on this finding, ter-polymerization of MTAE, DVB and St is conducted to generate a special alternating structure. Addnl., MTAE is found to exhibit fairly high reactivity in copolymerization with Isoprene (Ip) under the same conditions. An alternating sequence of alt-MTAE/Ip containing high trans-geometric Ip content (76% of trans-1,4) and a di-block sequence of alt-MTAE/Ip-b-Ip are easily obtained. Its exptl. reactivity ratio with Ip is investigated via the in situ 1H NMR method (rIp = 0.28), and the corresponding kinetic behaviors and sequence structure are elucidated. Finally, the origin of the effect of MTAE on the isomerism of Ip during chain propagation is investigated by d. functional theory (DFT) calculations, and it is found that the bridge sulfur atom in MTAE interacts strongly with living species. This special finding provides a novel approach for the sequence regulation, precise functionalization, and stereo-structure control in living anionic polymerization originating from monomer structure design. The experimental process involved the reaction of Methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide(cas: 1779-49-3COA of Formula: C19H18BrP)
Methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide(cas: 1779-49-3) is a lipophilic molecule with a cation allowing for it to be used to deliver molecules to specific cell components. Also considered an antineoplastic agent.COA of Formula: C19H18BrP
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