One-pot terpolymerization of CO2, cyclohexene oxide and maleic anhydride using a highly active heterogeneous double metal cyanide complex catalyst
作者：Xue-Ke Sun, Xing-Hong Zhang *, Shang Chen , Bin-Yang Du , Qi Wang , Zhi-Qiang Fan ,
關鍵字：Carbon dioxide,Double metal cyanide complex,Terpolymerization
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Polymer 51 (2010) 5719-5725
發表時間：2010年
This paper describes a convenient one-pot terpolymerization of CO2, cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and maleic anhydride (MAH) to afford a poly (ester-carbonate) with a low content of ether units (2.9-4.3 mol%) using a highly active Zn-Co(III) double metal cyanide complex (DMCC) catalyst. Terpolymerization was carried out in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 75-90 ℃ and 1.0-4.0 MPa and no cyclic carbonate was
observed in NMR spectra. The number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the terpolymer was up to 14.1 kg/mol with a narrow molecular weight distribution of 1.4-1.7. The apparent efficiency of the catalyst was up to 12.7 kg polymer/g Zn, representing the highest catalytic activity for terpolymerization of CO2, epoxides and cyclic anhydrides to date. THF dramatically inhibited polyether formation in this terpolymerization owing to its nucleophilicity towards the Zn2+ center of Zn-Co (III) DMCC. This presents the first example of solvent-assisted selectivity for inhibiting ether units in CO2 polymerization catalyzed by a heterogeneous system. Kinetic analyses of MAH/CHO/CO2 terpolymerization (MAH/CHO 0.2) suggested that polyester production was slightly faster than polycarbonate production in the early stage. A mechanism for this terpolymerization catalyzed by Zn-Co (III) DMCC catalyst was proposed. Moreover, addition of small amounts of MAH (MAH/CHO molar ratio 0.2) during CO2/CHO copolymerization can improve the thermal properties of the resultant terpolymers.
