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JPSA 2002, 40, 2828 Influencia Del CSA en La NMP. Polimerizacion Del Estireno
JPSA 2002, 40, 2828 Influencia Del CSA en La NMP. Polimerizacion Del Estireno
JPSA 2002, 40, 2828 Influencia Del CSA en La NMP. Polimerizacion Del Estireno
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Xerox Research Centre of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 2L1
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Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6
chains and growing chains are considerably faster CSA) was faster than in miniemulsion, signifying
than propagation (kp/K ⫽ 1.03 ⫾ 0.18 ⫻ 10⫺7 s⫺1 that CSA was less effective in the miniemulsion
at T ⫽ 125 °C).11 Initiators are selected to give system.
near-instantaneous decomposition at the poly- The use of organic acids such as CSA to accel-
merization temperature, and therefore all chains erate in bulk NMRP polymerizations is
are initiated at about the same time, resulting in known.11,24 –27 Veregin and coworkers11,25,27 ob-
narrow polydispersity. Moreover, the deactiva- served a dramatic increase in the rate of TEMPO-
tion of the growing chains by a stable nitroxide mediated styrene polymerization in the presence
radical reduces the likelihood of recombination of CSA. They obtained higher molecular weight in
between two radicals, giving NMRP its “pseudo- less time but observed a broadening of the poly-
living” character. dispersity if the CSA concentration was too high.
Although nitroxide-mediated polymerizations CSA influences different aspects of living radical
in bulk have been well investigated, less effort polymerizations. The most important effect is
has been directed toward heterogeneous reac- rapid consumption of the nitroxide, as shown by
tions. Conducting a nitroxide-mediated polymer- Veregin et al.11 with in situ electron spin reso-
ization in emulsion (or miniemulsion) would be an nance measurements in bulk styrene NMRP. Ni-
attractive route for commercial production of liv- troxide disproportionation by the acid was cited
ing radical polymers. Miniemulsion is similar to as the most probable route for TEMPO consump-
emulsion polymerization, but in miniemulsion tion. Reduction of the nitroxide concentration
the monomer droplets are small (⬃0.05– 0.2 m) drives the equilibrium to favor the formation of
as compared with the monomer droplets in emul- active radicals, thereby increasing the polymer-
sion (⬃5–50 m) and are the primary loci of nu- ization rate. In addition to direct consumption of
cleation. A costabilizer such as a long-chain al- the nitroxide, evidence suggests the rate constant
kane is required to achieve the small monomer for the deactivation between a growing radical
droplet size in miniemulsion. and nitroxide decreases in the presence of ac-
Nitroxide-mediated polymerizations in emul- id.11,26 Veregin et al.11 estimated that the value of
sion have been problematic and typically have the ratio of the propagation-rate parameter to the
suffered from poor colloidal stability and loss of equilibrium constant for deactivation (kp/K) in-
living character during polymerization.12–14 creased ⬃30% in the presence of CSA, which they
Much better success has been achieved with mini- attributed to a decrease in the deactivation rate.
emulsion polymerization15–23 because it essen- There is also evidence that the thermal poly-
tially eliminates the particle nucleation stage and merization of styrene is influenced by CSA and
thereby simplifies the process. Only Prodpran et other organic acids. Mayo28 proposed the mecha-
al.15,16 have reported results where camphorsul- nism outlined in Scheme 2. Thermally initiated
fonic acid (CSA) was used in nitroxide-mediated radicals could result in increasing polydispersity
miniemulsion polymerizations. They polymerized and a loss of living character. However, they pro-
styrene at 125 °C with benzoyl peroxide (BPO) vide a means of mitigating the effects of nitroxide
and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEM- accumulation resulting from irreversible termi-
PO), with CSA added to some of the runs to ac- nation reactions between polymeric radicals. In
celerate the polymerization. The rate in bulk the absence (or near absence) of thermally initi-
(with the same amounts of BPO, TEMPO, and ated radicals, nitroxide accumulation can com-
2830 CUNNINGHAM ET AL.
pletely suppress the rate before complete conver- ide-to-initiator ratio and the initiator concentra-
sion is achieved. Some thermal initiation is thus tion. The role of the acid concentration in
beneficial for most nitroxide-mediated polymer- determining the conversion, molecular weight,
izations. Buzanowski et al.29 examined the ther- and polydispersity in the miniemulsion polymer-
mal polymerization of styrene in the presence of izations has been considered.
five acids covering a large fluid-pressure range.
They demonstrated that in the presence of acid,
dimer 1 is reduced to 4. CSA retarded the poly- EXPERIMENTAL
merization dramatically. Georges and cowork-
ers24,30 explored the autopolymerization of sty- Reagents
rene in the presence of TEMPO with and without
added acid (benzoic acid and CSA). Less low mo- BPO, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS),
lecular polymer was seen in the molecular weight hexadecane, TEMPO, OH-TEMPO, and CSA (Sig-
distribution when acids were used, which was ma–Aldrich, Inc.) were used as received. Styrene
taken as evidence of reduced thermal initiation. (Sigma–Aldrich) was washed three times with a 2
The number of thermally initiated chains was wt % NaOH solution to remove the inhibitor and
reportedly reduced by a factor of 4 with CSA. then washed three times with distilled water.
Nitroxide partitioning between the aqueous Washed styrene was dried on calcium chloride
and organic phases plays a defining role in the overnight, distilled under vacuum, and refriger-
evolution of miniemulsion NMRP. Although ated prior to use.
phase-partitioning data for CSA is not available,
CSA can be expected to partition to some extent
Polymerization
into the aqueous phase during polymerization,
thereby reducing the concentration inside the The aqueous phase consisted of SDBS (0.88 g,
particles. As described by Prodpran et al.,15,16 this 2.52 mmol) and deionized water (120 mL),
may result in CSA being less effective in rate whereas the organic phase consisted of styrene
enhancement than in bulk. We have studied the (33 mL), hexadecane (5.4 g), BPO, and nitroxide
effectiveness of CSA in heterogeneous styrene (Table 1). CSA was added to the aqueous phase.
miniemulsion polymerizations, initiated with The two phases were mixed with a stirring rod
BPO, in the presence of two similar nitroxides and then passed twice through a Microfluidizer-
with widely differing water solubility [TEMPO 110S (Microfluidics International Corp.) operat-
and 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy ing at 300 kPa psi inlet pressure. The miniemul-
(OH-TEMPO)]. Two key experimental parame- sion was then poured into a 300-mL autoclave
ters in miniemulsion NMRP22 have been exam- reactor. The reactor was purged six times with
ined at varying CSA concentrations—the nitrox- nitrogen. The polymerization was run at 135 °C
CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID 2831
Table 1. Summary of Nitroxide-Mediated Styrene Miniemulsion Polymerizations with and without CSA (CSA:
Nitroxide⫽1) Run at 135 °C for 6 h. Aqueous Phase: SDBS (0.88 g, 2.52 mmol), Deionized Water (120 mL).
Organic Phase: Styrene (33 mL), Hexadecane (5.4 g), BPO, Nitroxide, and CSA
for 6 h under approximately 300 kPa pressure. an interaction between these two factors in mini-
Samples were withdrawn every 90 min. emulsion NMRP (i.e., the quantitative effects of
changing one of the variables depend strongly on
the value of the other variable). In this article, we
Characterization
report the results of a study on the role of CSA as
Conversion was determined gravimetrically. Mo- a rate accelerant in the miniemulsion NMRP of
lecular weight and polydispersity were deter- styrene. We used two nitroxides (TEMPO and
mined by size exclusion chromatography with a OH-TEMPO) having very different partition coef-
Waters 2690 separations module equipped with a ficients between styrene and water (K ⫽ [nitrox-
Waters 410 differential refractometer, Waters ide]styrene/[nitroxide]water) at 135 °C; KTEMPO
Styragel columns, and an online degasser. Data ⫽ 98.8 M/M and KOH-TEMPO ⫽ 2.2 M/M).19 Two
analysis was performed with Millennium 2010 sets of experiments were run in the study. In the
software. A calibration curve was constructed first set, equimolar amounts of CSA and either
from monodisperse polystyrene standards rang- TEMPO or OH-TEMPO were used in the poly-
ing from 8.7 ⫻ 102 to 2.8 ⫻ 106 amu. The eluent merization. Following the experimental design
was tetrahydrofuran flowing at 1 mL/min and at used previously,22 the role of CSA was investi-
a temperature of 30 °C. A Malvern Mastersizer gated in experiments in which we independently
2000 was used to measure the particle size distri- varied the initiator concentration and the nitrox-
butions. ide-to-initiator ratio. In the second set of experi-
ments, the CSA concentration was varied with
either TEMPO or OH-TEMPO at fixed values of
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION the initiator concentration and nitroxide-to-initi-
ator ratio.
We have reported the synthesis of polystyrene by Table 1 summarizes the experimental condi-
nitroxide-mediated free-radical polymerization in tions used in the first series of experiments. There
miniemulsion.22 The importance of both the initi- are four different experimental conditions that
ator concentration and the ratio of nitroxide comprise a two-factor, two-level experimental de-
(TEMPO) to initiator on conversion, molecular sign where the factors are the initiator concentra-
weight, polydispersity, and initiator efficiency tion and nitroxide:initiator ratio. For all runs in
was elucidated, and it was suggested that there is Table 1, the CSA:nitroxide ratio was 1.0.
2832 CUNNINGHAM ET AL.
Table 2. Effect of the Presence of CSA on Final Sample Properties (t⫽6 h) for TEMPO-Mediated
Polymerizations (CSA:TEMPO⫽1.0).
Conversion Mn Conversion Mn
BPO (mmol) TEMPO:BPO (%) (g/mol) PDI (%) (g/mol) PDI
Table 3. Effect of the Presence of CSA on Final Sample Properties (t⫽6 h) for OH-TEMPO-Mediated
Polymerizations (CSA:TEMPO⫽1.0)
Conversion Mn Conversion Mn
BPO (mmol) OH-TEMPO:BPO (%) (g/mol) PDI (%) (g/mol) PDI
ties with and without CSA with either TEMPO highest [CSA] do not have the highest conversion
(Table 2) or OH-TEMPO (Table 3). at 6 h. At a given conversion, the effects of CSA on
molecular weight for either nitroxide are minimal
for CSA:nitroxide ratios of 0.5 or 1.0 but become
Effect of the Variation of BPO Concentration
more significant at ratios of 1.5 and 5.0 [Figs. 3(b)
In this series of experiments, the added BPO was and 4(b)]. Conversion and molecular weight are
varied from 0.1 (0.41) to 0.3 g (1.24 mmol) while both enhanced without any significant broaden-
keeping the nitroxide-to-BPO ratio constant (ei- ing of the molecular weight distribution except at
ther 1.7 or 3.6). The significance of increasing the the highest concentration of CSA (Table 4), al-
BPO concentration is that the initial number of though more-pronounced broadening has usually
chains is higher at higher BPO levels. been seen at lower CSA levels in bulk systems
The amount of CSA was equal to one molar with comparable degrees of rate enhancement.
equivalent with respect to the nitroxide. Tables 2 Partitioning of CSA into the aqueous phase may
and 3 indicate that for either nitroxide, the aver- be responsible for this apparent benefit, because
age molecular weight decreases with an increase its concentration in the particle phase is initially
in the initiator amount for the reactions per- lower (as compared with bulk systems), thereby
formed without acid. The effects of CSA addition causing less nitroxide consumption early in the
on the conversion, molecular weight, and polydis- reaction. Later in the reaction, it can continue to
persity are similar at either BPO concentration act as a nitroxide “sink” capable of consuming
and for either TEMPO or OH-TEMPO. excess nitroxide accumulating within the parti-
cles. However, as shown previously, the overall
consumption rate of nitroxide during polymeriza-
Effect of the Variation of the CSA Concentration
tion by CSA will be influenced by the partitioning
We were also interested in studying the effect of of both the nitroxide and CSA between the aque-
the CSA concentration on conversion and molec- ous and particle phases.
ular weight distribution. Figures 3(a,b) illustrate Polymerization was also performed with a
the effects of increasing the CSA concentration on TEMPO:BPO ratio of 2.7, whereas the CSA-to-
conversion and molecular weight, respectively, TEMPO ratio was varied from 0.5 to 1.5. Figures
for TEMPO-mediated polymerizations. Figures 5(a,b) describe the evolution of conversion and
4(a,b) show these effects when OH-TEMPO is molecular weight, respectively. With a TEMPO:
used to mediate the polymerizations. The runs BPO ratio of 2.7, more excess TEMPO is initially
shown in Figures 3 and 4 all used a nitroxide:BPO present than for the experiments shown in Fig-
ratio of 1.7 for which rate and enhancement ef- ures 3 and 4, and consequently greater effects of
fects are less pronounced and resemble conditions adding CSA are expected. Significant differences
when alkoxyamines are used. For both TEMPO are observed at all conversions with upward cur-
and OH-TEMPO, conversions at low times in- vature seen at CSA:TEMPO ratios of 1.0 and 1.5,
crease with increasing [CSA]. However, as the suggesting the loss of “livingness.” Molecular
polymerization progresses, the differences in con- weight profiles for CSA:TEMPO ratios of 1.0 and
version become less pronounced, and in fact the 1.5 also show downward curvature, consistent
relative order changes such that the runs with the with a loss of livingness at higher conversions
CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID 2835
Figure 3. (a) Conversion versus time in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios
for TEMPO-mediated polymerizations (0.41 mmol BPO, TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 1.7). (b) Mn
versus conversion in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios for TEMPO-mediated
polymerizations (0.41 mmol BPO, TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 1.7).
caused by dead chains resulting from higher ter- sion, signifying a reduction in the number of
mination rates. CSA does, however, significantly chains. These results underscore the necessity of
increase the molecular weight at a given conver- understanding the interaction of the CSA:
2836 CUNNINGHAM ET AL.
Figure 4. (a) Conversion versus time in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios
for OH-TEMPO-mediated polymerizations (0.41 mmol BPO, OH-TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 1.7).
(b) Mn versus conversion in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios for OH-
TEMPO-mediated polymerizations (0.41 mmol BPO, OH-TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 1.7).
CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID 2837
TEMPO ratio with the TEMPO:initiator ratio alescence. It is interesting that in the run medi-
used in the experiment. ated with OH-TEMPO, addition of CSA reduces
the particle size, whereas when TEMPO is used to
mediate the polymerization, CSA addition results
CSA Effects in Presence of TEMPO versus
in a larger diameter. A possible explanation is
OH-TEMPO
that the OH-TEMPO concentration in the drop-
The observed effects of CSA addition on conver- lets is lower than the TEMPO concentration
sion and molecular weight did not generally (⬃60% of OH-TEMPO is initially in the aqueous
show significant differences between TEMPO- phase as compared with ⬃2% of TEMPO being in
and OH-TEMPO-mediated polymerizations de- the aqueous phase). Consequently CSA addition
spite the vastly greater tendency of OH-TEMPO results in lower OH-TEMPO than TEMPO con-
to partition into the aqueous phase. The predom- centrations, allowing droplets to nucleate faster
inant role played by thermal initiation in deter- when OH-TEMPO is used, therefore yielding a
mining the radical concentration and therefore smaller particle size.
the polymerization rate is probably also the rea-
son why few differences are observed between the
CSA Effects in Miniemulsion versus Bulk
two nitroxides when CSA is added.
The CSA:nitroxide ratios used in this study
ranged from 0.5 to 5.0. Although other studies in
Effect of CSA on Final Mean Particle Size
bulk systems witnessed significant rate enhance-
With the exception of runs 4a and 4b, the addition ments with CSA:nitroxide ratios of 0.5–1.0, the
of CSA always resulted in a decrease in the mean effects observed in miniemulsion are not as dra-
particle diameter, signifying more particles were matic. For example, Veregin et al.11 observed a
nucleated in the presence of CSA. The reason for substantial rate enhancement in bulk using CSA:
this trend is unclear but may be attributable to TEMPO ⫽ 0.34 (TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 1.3), with the 6-h
CSA lowering nitroxide concentrations within un- conversion increasing from 50 to 80%. Although
nucleated droplets to low enough levels that ther- we used higher CSA:TEMPO ratios, this is much
mal initiation proceeds more readily, thereby nu- greater than we observed with a TEMPO:BPO
cleating more droplets earlier in the polymeriza- ratio of 1.7 that should give a larger effect than a
tion. Runs 4a and 8a, which had the highest TEMPO:BPO ratio of 1.3. As noted previously,
amount of nitroxide added, both displayed unusu- Prodpran et al.15,16 observed a lower polymeriza-
ally large particle sizes. We previously observed tion rate in miniemulsion as compared with bulk
anomalously large particle sizes at the same lev- with CSA in their recipe. However, bulk and
els of TEMPO used in runs 4a and 8a with potas- miniemulsion rates are usually nearly the same
sium persulfate as the initiator.22 This may be in the absence of CSA.22 Their results are consis-
related to the long induction periods under these tent with lower CSA concentrations in the parti-
conditions, potentially leading to more droplet co- cles because of phase partitioning, indicating
2838 CUNNINGHAM ET AL.
Figure 5. (a) Conversion versus time in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios
for TEMPO-mediated polymerizations (TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 2.7). (b) Mn versus conversion
in the presence of varying CSA:nitroxide ratios for TEMPO-mediated polymerizations
(TEMPO:BPO ⫽ 2.7).
higher CSA:TEMPO ratio concentrations are re- ability of the molecular weight. With unimolecu-
quired to achieve the same degree of rate en- lar initiators, there is generally close agreement
hancement seen in bulk. Furthermore, as previ- between the experimental and theoretical molec-
ously discussed, partitioning of CSA into the ular weight. However, with two-component initi-
aqueous phase may enable the CSA-containing ator systems, molecular weight prediction is
aqueous phase to act as a nitroxide “sink” much less reliable and depends on several factors
throughout polymerization, capable of consuming including the nature of the initiator-derived rad-
excess nitroxide accumulating within the parti- icals and the ratio of nitroxide to initiator. Table
cles. 1 lists the “apparent” initiator efficiencies for
these experiments varying over a wide range de-
pending on the reaction conditions. CSA con-
Control of Molecular Weight
sumes nitroxide, thereby reducing the number of
An important consideration in designing living chains and thus the initiator efficiency. Although
radical polymerization processes is the predict- the experimental molecular weights are repro-
CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID 2839
Table 5. Summary of Control Experiments Run at 135 °C for 6 h. Aqueous Phase: SDBS (0.88 g, 2.52 mmol),
Deionized Water (120 mL). Organic Phase: Styrene (33 mL), Hexadecane (5.4 g), BPO, Nitroxide, and CSA
CONCLUSIONS ing Ontario, and the Xerox Research Centre of Canada for
their financial support.
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