화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.30, No.1, 39-44, 2009
Silyl-Terminated Ethylene-co-Norbornene Copolymers by Organotitanium-Based Catalysts
Ethylene (E) and norbornene (N) were copolymerized in the presence of PhSiH3 as chain-transfer agent with [Ti(eta(5):eta(1)-C5Me4SiMe2NBut)(eta(1)-Me)(2)] precatalyst combined with [Ph3C][B(C6F5)(4)]. The silane was introduced at chain-ends of E-co-N copolymers with concomitant reinitiation of the growing polymer chain. The concentrations of the silane and polymer molecular weight are inversely correlated. The characteristic signals of -SiH2Ph chain-ends were observed by H-1 NMR. The Si heteroatom is predominantly adjacent to ethylene units in E-co-N copolymers with high N content.