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Article

Dichloro(2,2′-bipyridine)copper/MAO: An Active and Stereospecific Catalyst for 1,3-Diene Polymerization

by
Giovanni Ricci
1,*,
Giuseppe Leone
1,
Giorgia Zanchin
1,
Francesco Masi
2,
Massimo Guelfi
3 and
Guido Pampaloni
3
1
CNR—Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” (SCITEC), Via A. Corti 12, I-20133 Milano, Italy
2
Scientific Advisor, Via Galvani 7, I-26866 Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
3
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2023, 28(1), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010374
Submission received: 2 December 2022 / Revised: 23 December 2022 / Accepted: 28 December 2022 / Published: 2 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Papers Collection of Editorial Board Members and Invited Scholars in Applied Chemistry)
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Abstract

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Dichloro(2,2′-bipyridine)copper was synthesized by reacting copper dichloride with bypyridine, and its behavior, in combination with methylaluminoxane (MAO), in the polymerization of butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3 butadiene, and 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene was examined. The purpose of this study is to find catalytic systems that are more sustainable than those currently used for the polymerization of butadiene and isoprene (e.g., Co and Ni), but that are comparable in terms of catalytic activity and selectivity. Predominantly, syndiotactic 1,2 polybutadiene, crystalline syndiotactic 3,4 polyisoprene, crystalline syndiotactic 1,2 poly(3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene), and crystalline cis-1,4 poly(2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene) were obtained in a manner similar to that observed with the analogous iron complex. As far as we know, the investigated catalytic system represents the first example of a copper-based catalyst in the field of stereospecific polymerization. Given the great availability of copper, its extremely low toxicity (and therefore high sustainability), and the similarity of its behavior to that of iron, the result obtained seems to us of considerable interest and worthy of further investigation.

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1. Introduction

In recent years, research in the field of the stereospecific polymerization of conjugated dienes [1,2,3] has mainly been directed towards the use as precatalysts of transitional metal and lanthanide organometallic complexes having a well-defined structure [4,5,6,7,8,9,10], with different types of organic ligands containing nitrogen and/or or oxygen and/or phosphorus as donor atoms (e.g., mono and bidentate phosphines, pyridyl-imines, bis-imines, keto-imines). The reason for this interest lies in the fact that the characteristics of the ligands, combined with the nature of the metal to which they are coordinated, are capable of exerting a considerable influence on the polymerization regio- and stereo-selectivity (Figure 1) [11], the molecular weight (Mw), and the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn), and, in some cases, they may also impart living features to the catalyst itself [12,13,14,15]. However, the regio- and stereo-selectivity in the polymerization of 1,3-dienes, besides being greatly influenced by the catalytic structure, also strongly depend on the conjugated diene structure (i.e., the presence of substituents on the monomeric unit) [1,11], and ultimately we can state that it is possible to obtain more or less stereoregular polymers from conjugated dienes depending on the right combination/choice of the type of metal, type of ligand, and type of monomer. It is in fact well known that: (1) the same catalytic system can behave differently toward different 1,3-dienes (see for instance the system FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO (bipy = 2,2′-bypiridine), which gives highly syndiotactic 1,2 polymers from 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene and highly cis-1,4 polymers from 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene) [16,17]; (2) the same 1,3-diene can give a different polymer depending on the type of catalyst used for its polymerization (see for instance 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, which gives a syndiotactic 1,2 polymer when polymerized with FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO [16,17] and an isotactic 1,2 polymer if polymerized with CoCl2(PnPrPh2)2/MAO [18], and 1,3-butadiene, which gives a syndiotactic 1,2 polymer with the system CrCl2(dmpe)2/MAO (dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane) and an isotactic 1,2 polymer with CrCl2(dmpm)2/MAO) (dmpm = bis(dimethylphosphino)methane) [19,20]; (3) the same ligand can give rise to more or less active and selective catalytic systems according to the metal to which it is coordinated (see for instance dmpe; CrCl2(dmpe)2/MAO is an extremely active and selective catalyst for the polymerization of 1,3- butadiene [19], while FeCl2(dmpe)2/MAO is practically inactive [4]); and (4) the same metal can provide active and selective catalysts depending on the type of ligand coordinated (see for instance iron; FeCl2(dmpe)2 is inactive in the polymerization of isoprene [4], FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO is extremely active in the polymerization of isoprene, giving a highly syndiotactic 3,4-polymer [16,17,21], while pyridyl-imine iron dichloride complexes in combination with MAO are quite active in the polymerization of isoprene, giving poly(isoprene)s with a mixed 1,4/3,4 structure. The 1,4 and 3,4 units are randomly or alternately distributed along the polymer chain depending on the nature of the pyridyl-imine ligand [22,23,24,25,26,27]).
It follows that, in principle, each transition metal or lanthanide could provide an active and selective catalytic system once the right combination of metal, ligand, and diene monomer is chosen.
On the basis of this observation, we have focused our attention on copper. Until now, there had been no reports in the literature on the stereospecific polymerization of 1,3-dienes with copper-based catalysts. Our interest in copper arises from the need to find and test new catalytic systems that have a lower environmental impact (and are consequently more sustainable) and that are capable of replacing, by exhibiting comparable catalytic activities and selectivities, the catalytic systems currently used, based on metals characterized by high toxicity such as cobalt, chromium, and nickel.
To begin, we synthesized the bipyridyl copper dichloride complex and examined its behavior as a precatalyst in the polymerization of various 1,3-dienes. The results obtained turned out to be quite interesting and are shown in the present paper.

2. Results

2.1. Synthesis and Characterization of CuCl2(bipy)

The reaction of 2,2′-bipyridine with CuCl2 or CuCl2(H2O)2 (bipy/Cu molar ratio = 1) to give pure Cu(bipy)Cl2 was initially performed in boiling toluene, but we observed that the formation of the complex occurs smoothly at room temperature when using ethanol as a reaction medium [28,29]. The compound is the same either starting from anhydrous or from hydrated copper chloride.
The obtained Cu(bipy)Cl2 compound was a stable turquoise microcrystalline solid and was characterized using analytical and infrared data. The Infrared spectrum is characterized by strong absorptions in the 1600−1500 cm−1 range due to the C=N stretching vibrations (Figure S1–S3 in the Supplementary Materials section), which is shifted about 20 cm−1 towards the lower wavenumbers with respect to the uncoordinated species. The copper compound is soluble in polar solvents, such as acetonitrile or dichloromethane, and is substantially insoluble in hydrocarbons.

2.2. Polymerization of 1,3-Dienes

The results obtained in the polymerization of 1,3-dienes with the CuCl2(bipy)/MAO catalytic system are summarized in Table 1 and can be summarized as follows.
The polymerization of 1,3-butadiene gives polymers with a predominantly 1,2 structures (1,2 content about 65%), a rather low syndiotacticity (percentage of syndiotactic pentads (rrrr) around 30% (Figure 2)), and consequently very low melting points (around room temperature), very high molecular weights (up to 1,900,000 g×mol−1), and narrow molecular weight distributions (particularly at room temperature, Mw/Mn from 1.3 to 2.3). The syndiotacticity and the polymer molecular weight decrease with the increase in polymerization temperature from 22 °C to 60 °C (Table 1, entry 3 vs. 4). The polymerization rate is rather low since several hours are needed to reach appreciable monomer conversion.
The polymerization of isoprene catalyzed by CuCl2(bipy)/MAO, contrary to what has been observed with most catalytic systems based on transition metals and lanthanides, is instead much faster than the polymerization of 1,3-butadiene. Crystalline polymers with an essentially 3,4 syndiotactic structure (Figure 3) (percentage of syndiotactic pentads (rrrr) around 55%) and a melting temperature (Tm) of up to 115 °C are obtained. The molecular weight of the resultant polymers is very high, and the molecular weight distribution rather narrow (Mw/Mn from 1.4 to 2). The narrow molecular weight distribution, also observed in the case of the polymerization of butadiene, seems to suggest the presence of single-site catalysts.
The Al/Cu molar ratio has some influence on the catalyst activity, which was found to decrease with a decrease in the Al/Cu molar ratio, while a negligible effect was observed on the polymerization selectivity. An increase in the polymerization temperature determines a decrease in the polymerization stereoselectivity as well as a decrease in the polymer molecular weight accompanied by an increase in the molecular weight distribution (Table 1, entry 7 vs. 6).
The CuCl2(bipy)/MAO system is also able to polymerize 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene and (E)-3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene. The polymerization of 2,3-dimethyl-1,3 butadiene is quite fast and high conversions are obtained in a few hours. The polymer obtained is insoluble in hot ortho-dichlorobenzene and C2D2Cl4, which prevented us from determining its molecular weight and carrying out a structural NMR analysis. However, the melting point (197.5 °C) and the FT-IR spectrum in the solid state of the polymer perfectly correspond to those observed in the case of the cis-1,4 poly(2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene) obtained with the catalytic systems CpTiCl3/MAO [30], AlEt2Cl/Nd(OCOC7H15)3/Al(iBu)3 [31], and FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO [16,17], thus confirming its cis-1,4 structure.
On the other hand, the polymerization of (E)-3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene is rather slow. Again, a polymer insoluble in ortho-dichlorobenzene and C2D2Cl4 is obtained, preventing GPC and NMR analysis in solution. However, in this case the melting point (241 °C) and the FT-IR spectrum in the solid state also perfectly correspond to those observed in the case of the poly(3-methyl-1, 3-pentadiene) with a syndiotactic 1,2 structure obtained with the catalytic system FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO [16,17]. The fact that different polymer structures are obtained from butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3 butadiene, and (E)-3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene with the same catalytic system only confirms once more the importance of the monomer structure in the stereoselectivity in the polymerization of conjugated dienes [1,11].

3. Discussion

The results obtained in the polymerization of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, and 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene with the catalyst CuCl2(bipy)/MAO are perfectly comparable to those obtained in the polymerization of the same 1,3-dienes with the analogous iron catalyst FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO [16,17,21], except for the polymerization rate, which was generally much faster in the case of iron.
The results obtained in the polymerization of 1,3-dienes with the catalyst FeCl2(bipy)2/MAO were interpreted by admitting the formation of a catalytic center having the structure shown in Figure 4A, i.e., only one bipyridyl ligand coordinated to the iron atom, the monomer coordinated cis-η4, and the growing chain linked to the iron atom by means of an anti η3-allyl bond [16,17].
One could imagine a similar structure for the catalytic center in the case of copper (Figure 4B), but, unfortunately, this is not possible as copper would end up with a higher number of electrons (3 excess electrons) than those it can accept (8 electrons) according to the 18 electron rule.
It is indeed necessary to hypothesize a different situation. A plausible one is that shown in Figure 4C: the bipyridyl ligand coordinated to the copper atom by means of only one nitrogen and the monomer trans-η2 and the growing chain coordinated to the copper atom through a syn η3-allylic bond as this is the allyl unit that originates from a trans-η2 coordination of the monomer (an anti η3-allylic bond originates from a cis-η4 coordination of the monomer). With such a structure, copper would receive 7 electrons, thereby respecting the 18 electron rule (a 1 electron deficit). However, the structure shown in Figure 3 is not yet able to explain the polymerization data obtained: the polymer obtained from 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene has a cis-1,4 structure, and in the polymers from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene, having respectively a predominant 1,2 and 3,4 structure, the remaining units have only a cis-1,4 structure, but while a 1,2 unit and a 3,4 unit can derive from both a syn and an anti allyl unit, a cis-1,4 unit is formed solely from an anti allyl unit [1,4,5,11]. It is therefore necessary to hypothesize that the allyl unit of the syn type isomerize to an anti allyl unit to allow the formation of a cis-1,4 unit, and that the occurrence of such isomerization and the frequency with which it occurs may be a function of the type of monomer polymerized.
An alternative explanation is shown in Figure 5. The diene monomer can coordinate with both double bonds (cis-η4) favoring the displacement of the ligand and its complete migration onto MAO, thus allowing the formation of an anti allyl unit which in turn can lead to the formation of a cis-1,4 unit through the insertion of the incoming monomer into C1 of the butenyl group. A sort of equilibrium can be hypothesized between the form (I), with the monomer trans-η2 and the ligand coordinated with only one nitrogen atom, and the form (II), with the monomer cis-η4 coordinated and the ligand having migrated onto MAO, with the formation of 1,2 (3,4) units through the insertion of the incoming monomer into C3 of the butenyl group rather than cis-1,4, depending on whether the equilibrium is more shifted towards form (I) or form (II), respectively.
Obviously, the above interpretations represent only working hypotheses, both plausible in our opinion, but certainly to be further explored through additional computational studies.
Finally, as mentioned above, the formation of polymers with essentially 1,2 and 3,4 structures from 1,3-butadiene and isoprene, respectively, and the formation of a highly cis-1,4 polymer from 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene and a syndiotatctic 1,2 polymer from 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene using the same catalytic system once more highlights the fundamental role played by the monomer structure in determining the polymerization selectivity [1,11].

4. Materials and Methods

4.1. General Procedures and Materials

Anhydrous copper dichloride (Merck, 99.9% pure), copper chloride dihydrate (Merck, reagent grade), 2,2′-bipyridine (Supelco, ACS reagent), methylaluminoxane (MAO) (Merck, 10 wt% solution in toluene), and deuterated solvent for NMR measurements (C2D2Cl4) (Merck, >99.5% atom D) were used as received. Commercial ethyl alcohol (Merck, 96% pure) was degassed under vacuum, the flask was then filled with dry dinitrogen, and the solvent was stored over molecular sieves. Diethylether (Merck, 99% pure) was refluxed over Na/K alloy for ca. 8 h, distilled, and stored over molecular sieves under dry dinitrogen. Toluene (Merck, 99.8% pure) was refluxed over Na for ca. 8 h, then distilled and stored over molecular sieve under dry dinitrogen. Prior to each run, 1,3-Butadiene (Merck, ≥99%) was evaporated from the container, dried by passing through a column packed with molecular sieves, and condensed into the reactor which had been precooled to –20 °C. Isoprene (Merck, ≥99.5%), 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene (Fluka, ≥96), and 3-methyl- 1,3-pentadiene (Merck, 99% pure, mixture of (Z) and (E) isomers) were refluxed over calcium hydride for 3 h, distilled trap-to-trap, and stored under dry nitrogen.

4.2. Synthesis of CuCl2(bipy)

The compound was prepared according to a slight modification of the procedure outlined in the literature [28]. An ethanol solution (25 mL) of bipy (2.330 g, 0.015 mmol) was added to a solution of copper chloride dihydrate (2.532 g, 0.015 mol) in ethanol (45 mL), and the resulting solution was stirred for 60 min. During the stirring, a large amount of solid precipitated from the solution. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 5 h. The turquoise-colored precipitate was recovered by filtration, washed with ethanol and diethyl ether, and dried in vacuo at room temperature, affording 4.011 g (93 % yield) of Cu(C10H8N2)Cl2 as a turquoise microcrystalline solid. Elemental analysis (%): Calc. for C10H8Cl2CuN2: C, 41.32; H, 2.77; N, 9.34; Cl, 24.40; Cu, 21.86. Found: C, 41.64; H, 2.61; N, 9.20; Cl, 24.00; Cu, 21.60. Selected IR data (solid state, cm−1): 3109 w, 3053 w, 1602 ms, 1445 s, 1318 mw, 1158 m, 1025 m, 908 mw, 775 vs, 729 vs.

4.3. Polymerization of 1,3-Dienes

Polymerizations were carried out in a 25 mL round-bottomed Schlenk flask. A standard procedure is reported. Prior to starting the polymerization, the reactor was heated to 110 °C under vacuum for 1 h and backfilled with nitrogen. The 1,3-Butadiene was condensed into the Schlenk flask kept at −20 °C, toluene was added, and the solution was brought to the desired polymerization temperature. MAO and a toluene solution (2 mg/mL) of the copper complex were then added in that order. The polymerization was stopped with methanol containing a small amount of hydrochloric acid. The polymer obtained was then coagulated by adding 40 mL of a methanol solution containing 4% Irganox® 1076 antioxidant and HCl, repeatedly washed with fresh methanol, and finally dried under vacuum at room temperature to a constant weight. The polymerizations with isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, and 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene were carried out in the same way.

4.4. Polymer Characterization

Attenuated total reflectance (ATR)-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra were recorded at room temperature in the 600–4000 cm−1 range with a resolution of 4 cm−1 using a Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two spectrometer. NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker NMR advance 400 Spectrometer operating at 400 MHz (1H) and 100.58 MHz (13C) in the PFT mode at 103 °C. NMR samples were prepared by dissolving from 60 mg to 80 mg of polymer in about 3 mL of C2D2Cl4 in 10 mm probes, and hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) was referred to as the internal standard. The relaxation delay was 16 s. The molecular weight average (Mw) and the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) were obtained using a high temperature Waters GPCV2000 size exclusion chromatography (SEC) system equipped with a refractometer detector. The experimental conditions consisted of three PL Gel Olexis columns, ortho-dichlorobenzene (DCB) as the mobile phase, a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min, and a temperature of 145 °C. The calibration of the SEC system was achieved using eighteen narrow Mw/Mn PS standards with molar weights ranging from 162 g/mol to 5.6 × 106 g/mol. For the SEC analysis, about 12 mg of polymer was dissolved in 5 mL of DCB with 0.05% of BHT as antioxidant. The microstructure of the resultant polymers (i.e., cis-1,4 unit content (%) and 1,2 (3,4 in the case of isoprene) unit content (%); syndiotactic index (rrrr%) of the 1,2 poly(1,3-butadiene)s and of the 3,4 poly(isoprene)s) was determined by 1H and 13C NMR, in accordance with the literature [17,32,33,34,35,36].

5. Conclusions

To the best our knowledge, for the first time in the field of the stereospecific polymerization of 1,3-dienes, a copper system, obtained by combining CuCl2(bipy) and MAO, was reported to polymerize 1,3-dienes, providing highly crystalline 3,4 syndiotactic poly(isoprene), cis-1,4 poly(2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene), syndiotactic 1,2 poly(3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene), and predominantly 1,2 poly(1,3-butadiene), exhibiting a moderate activity and selectivity. In view of these rather encouraging first results, further work is currently underway, and other copper complexes with different organic ligands are being considered in order to evaluate the possibility of obtaining more active and selective catalytic systems, as happened previously in the case of titanium- and zirconium- [37,38], vanadium- [39,40], chromium- [19,20], iron- [22,23,24,25,26,27], cobalt- [41], and neodymium-based catalytic systems [42].
Furthermore, syndiotactic 1,2 poly(1,3-butadiene) and syndiotactic 3,4 poly(isoprene) are polymers of potential industrial interest, and these new copper-based catalysts, in light of the natural abundance of copper, its low toxicity, and low environmental impact, could represent a valid alternative to other catalytic systems, such as those based on cobalt, currently used for their production.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/molecules28010374/s1, FT-IR spectra of the copper complex Cu(bipy)Cl2 (Figure S1–S3); FT-IR spectra (Figure S4–S13); 1H and 13C NMR spectra (Figure S14–S22) of the polymers of Table 1.

Author Contributions

Principal investigator, G.R.; methodology, G.R.; formal analysis, G.R.; writing—original draft preparation, G.R.; polymerization experiments, G.L. and G.Z.; synthesis and characterization of the organometallic complex, M.G. and G.P.; preparation of the manuscript, F.M. and G.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Fulvia Greco and Daniele Piovani for their support in the NMR and GPC analyses of the polymers.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Sample Availability

Samples of the copper compound and of the polymers are not available from the authors.

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Figure 1. (A) Bonds between the growing chain and the transition metal of the catalyst; (B) formation of 1,4 vs. 1,2 monomeric units from (a) syn and (b) anti Mt-butenyl groups; (C) possible orientations ((a) exo-exo and (b) exo-endo) of the new incoming monomer with respect to the last-inserted unit (L is a generic ligand) and formation of cis-1,4 and 1,2 polymers having a syndiotactic or an isotactic structure.
Figure 1. (A) Bonds between the growing chain and the transition metal of the catalyst; (B) formation of 1,4 vs. 1,2 monomeric units from (a) syn and (b) anti Mt-butenyl groups; (C) possible orientations ((a) exo-exo and (b) exo-endo) of the new incoming monomer with respect to the last-inserted unit (L is a generic ligand) and formation of cis-1,4 and 1,2 polymers having a syndiotactic or an isotactic structure.
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Figure 2. The 13C NMR spectrum (olefinic region) of 1,2 syndiotactic poly(1,3-butadiene) obtained with Cu(bipy)Cl2/MAO (Table 1, entry 2).
Figure 2. The 13C NMR spectrum (olefinic region) of 1,2 syndiotactic poly(1,3-butadiene) obtained with Cu(bipy)Cl2/MAO (Table 1, entry 2).
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Figure 3. The 13C NMR spectrum (olefinic region) of 3,4 syndiotactic poly(isoprene) obtained with CuCl2(bipy)/MAO (Table 1, entry 8).
Figure 3. The 13C NMR spectrum (olefinic region) of 3,4 syndiotactic poly(isoprene) obtained with CuCl2(bipy)/MAO (Table 1, entry 8).
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Figure 4. Possible catalytic center structures (A–C).
Figure 4. Possible catalytic center structures (A–C).
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Figure 5. Sketch of the possible equilibrium between form (I) and form (II).
Figure 5. Sketch of the possible equilibrium between form (I) and form (II).
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Table
Table 1. Polymerization of 1,3-Dienes with CuCl2(bipy)/MAO Catalyst a.
Table 1. Polymerization of 1,3-Dienes with CuCl2(bipy)/MAO Catalyst a.
M bEntryAl/CuTime
(h)		Yield
(%)		cis-1,4 c
(%)		1,2 c
(%)		3,4 c
(%)		[rrrr] d
(%)		Tm e
(°C)		Tc e
(°C)		Tg e
(°C)		Mw f
(g/mol)		Mw/Mn f
B1100041034.265.8 31.3225−461,319,1001.3
21000204233.866.2 32.6307−471,900,0001.7
3 g,h50043534.965.1 25.8ndndnd633,8004.6
4 g500245235.164.9 30.9246−461,442,6002.3
IP510000.5824.1 75.949.5113.8785.4910,0001.6
6100055725.7 74.356.9114.976.59.41,668,7502.0
7 h100053531.8 68.240.545.4 −1.2457,9703.7
8 g50045024.4 75.657.6113778.12,473,1401.4
9 i10023525.1 74.954.4103649.62,922,6701.6
DMB101000476≥99 197.5170−4.1ndnd
3MP1110002419 ≥99 241 ndnd
a polymerization conditions: monomer, 2 mL; toluene, total volume 16 mL; Cu, 10 μmol; temperature, 22 °C; b M = monomer; B = 1,3-butadiene; IP = isoprene; DMB = 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene; 3MP = 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene; c determined by 1H NMR; d syndiotacticity index (percentage of syndiotactic pentads), determined by 13C NMR; e melting temperature (Tm), crystallization temperature (Tc) and glass transition temperature (Tg), determined by DSC; f determined by SEC; g Cu, 20 μmol; h polymerization temperature, 60 °C; i Cu, 30 μmol; nd = not determined.
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