Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1999, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (5): 827.

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Chloromethylation and Hydroxymethylation of SEBS

SHEN Zhong1, ZHANG Yan1, XIE Jing-Wei1, YANG Yi-Qing2   

  1. 1. Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of the State Education Ministry of China, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433;
    2. Shanghai Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai, 201208
  • Online:1999-05-24 Published:1999-05-24

Abstract: Hydroxymethyl groups were introduced into hydrogenated poly(styrene-block-butadiene-block-styrene)(SEBS) via chemical modification of the PSblocks by a simple three step procedure, i.e. , chloromethylation via Friedel-Crafts reaction with stannic chloride(SnCl4) as catalyst in chloroform solution in the presence of trioxane and chlorotrimethylsilane, followed by esterification and hydrolysis by using phase transfer catalyst TBAB. 1H NMR, FTIR, SEC and elemental analysis were employed to characterize the products. The results show that the degree of functionalization could be controlled in the first step, and the convertions of chloromethyl to ester and ester to hydroxyl were complete. Meanwhile molecular weight distribution of the product was still narrow. Crosslinking could be avoided when the polymer concentration was kept lower than its overlap concentration.

Key words: SEBS, Chloromethylation, PTC, Hydroxymethylation

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