Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1992, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (9): 1282.

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A Study of Polymerization of THF with CH3COBF4 as Catalyst

LI Fang-Xing, CAO Xiu-Lan, HUANG Chang-Hua, LI Chun-Gang, LI Jie-Tao, LI Chun-Rong, ZHU Duan-Hui, YANG Jun-Yan, HUANG Jia-Xian   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071
  • Received:1991-10-04 Online:1992-09-24 Published:1992-09-24

Abstract: In this paper,a synthetic method of PTHF was introduced with CH3COBF4 as catalyst and the mechanism and kinetic behaviour of polymerization of THF were discussed in detail.The polymerization temperature has a great influence on the polymerization rate constants.The apparent rate constants of polymerization are 1.18,2.35 and 6.07×10-3 L·mol-1·s-1 respectively at 0,6 and 15℃ and the apparent active energy is 71.68 kJ/mol.

Key words: PTHF, CH3COBF4, Apparent polymerization rate constant, Apparent active energy

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