Alternating styrene–propylene and styrene–ethylene copolymers prepared by photocatalytic decarboxylation
Emmanuelle Schué, Dillon R. L. Rickertsen, Angie B. Korpusik, Alafate Adili, Daniel Seidel, Brent S. Sumerlin
Abstract
-ethylene/propylene copolymers. Alternating copolymers comprised of either propylene or ethylene units alternating with functional styrene derivatives were also prepared, illustrating the compatibility of this approach for functional polymer synthesis. Finally, the thermal properties of the alternating copolymers were compared to those from statistical copolymer analogs to elucidate the effect of microarchitecture and styrene substituents on the glass transition temperature.
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CopolymerStyrenePolymer chemistryPolymerizationChain transferMaterials scienceEthyleneChemistryRadical polymerizationOrganic chemistryPolymerCatalysisAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis