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Liu Y, Wang C, Mu H, Jian Z. Aqueous Coordination-Insertion Copolymerization for Producing High Molecular Weight Polar Polyolefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404392. [PMID: 38548659 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Hydrocarbons, when used as the medium for transition metal catalyzed organic reactions and olefin (co-)polymerization, are ubiquitous. Environmentally friendly water is highly attractive and long-sought, but is greatly challenging as coordination-insertion copolymerization reaction medium of olefin and polar monomers. Unfavorable interactions from both water and polar monomer usually lead to either catalyst deactivation or the formation of low-molecular-weight polymers. Herein, we develop well-behaved neutral phosphinophenolato nickel catalysts, which enable aqueous copolymerization of ethylene and diverse polar monomers to produce significantly high-molecular-weight linear polar polyolefins (219-549 kDa, 0.13-1.29 mol %) in a single-component fashion under mild conditions for the first time. These copolymerization reactions occur better in water than in hydrocarbons such as toluene. The dual characteristics of high molecular weight and the incorporation of a small amount of functional group result in improved surface properties while retain the desirable intrinsic properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
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- Yu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun, 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Schnitte M, Lipinski S, Schiebel E, Mecking S. Pentafluorophenyl Groups as Remote Substituents in Ni(II) Polymerization Catalysis. Organometallics 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Manuel Schnitte
- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Boucher-Jacobs C, Li B, Schroeder CM, Guironnet D. Solubility and activity of a phosphinosulfonate palladium catalyst in water with different surfactants. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00154a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Water-soluble phosphinosulfonate palladium complexes were synthesized by coordination of a surfactant to the metal center.
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- Camille Boucher-Jacobs
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana
- USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana
- USA
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Hasan N, Schwieger C, Tee HT, Wurm FR, Busse K, Kressler J. Crystallization of a polyphosphoester at the air-water interface. Eur Polym J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Boucher-Jacobs C, Rabnawaz M, Katz JS, Even R, Guironnet D. Encapsulation of catalyst in block copolymer micelles for the polymerization of ethylene in aqueous medium. Nat Commun 2018; 9:841. [PMID: 29483639 PMCID: PMC5827096 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03253-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The catalytic emulsion polymerization of ethylene has been a long-lasting technical challenge as current techniques still suffer some limitations. Here we report an alternative strategy for the production of semi-crystalline polyethylene latex. Our methodology consists of encapsulating a catalyst precursor within micelles composed of an amphiphilic block copolymer. These micelles act as nanoreactors for the polymerization of ethylene in water. Phosphinosulfonate palladium complexes were used to demonstrate the success of our approach as they were found to be active for hours when encapsulated in micelles. Despite this long stability, the activity of the catalysts in micelles remains significantly lower than in organic solvent, suggesting some catalyst inhibition. The inhibition strength of the different chemicals present in the micelle were determined and compared. The combination of the small volume of the micelles, and the coordination of PEG appear to be the culprits for the low activity observed in micelles.
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- Camille Boucher-Jacobs
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 130 Packaging Building, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing,, MI, 48824-1223,, USA
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- Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, PA, 19426, USA
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- Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, PA, 19426, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Wang J, Wang L, Yu H, Ullah RS, Haroon M, Zain‐ul‐Abdin, Xia X, Khan RU. Recent Progress in Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Ni and Pd Catalysts. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201701336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou China
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Daigle JC, Lucien FP, Zetterlund PB, Claverie JP. Water and Carbon Dioxide: A Unique Solvent for the Catalytic Polymerization of Ethylene in Miniemulsion. Chem Asian J 2017. [PMID: 28649783 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The catalytic polymerization of ethylene is performed in water pressurized with CO2 . The size of the initial monomer droplets and of the resulting polymer particles can be varied by simply changing the CO2 pressure. Furthermore, at identical ethylene partial pressure, the polymerizations performed in the presence of CO2 are significantly faster than in its absence. Thus, the combination of CO2 and water is a promising green solvent for catalytic emulsion polymerizations.
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- Jean-Christophe Daigle
- Quebec Center for Functional Materials, Université de Sherbrooke, Dept of Chemistry, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Quebec Center for Functional Materials, Université de Sherbrooke, Dept of Chemistry, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada
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