Abstract A theoretical approach has been proposed for the establishment of quantitative relationship between the number-average molecular weight of products of the oxidative polymerization of aromatic amines and both reagent concentrations and temperature. The derived equation to estimate the number-average degree of polymerization was evaluated using the corresponding experimental data reported in the literature. It was demonstrated that the developed theory can adequately describe an increase in the molecular weight of aromatic amine polymers upon an increasing monomer conversion and decreasing temperature and oxidizer/monomer molar ratio. Proposed assumptions about the mechanism of chain growth in the oxidative polymerization of aromatic amines reflect the key features of influence of the ratio of reactants and acidity of the medium, as well as the structure of oxidizing agent on the number-average degree of polymerization of the resulting polymers. Predictions about the influence of various factors on the molecular weight of products of the oxidative polymerization of aromatic amines have been made.

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苯胺衍生物化学氧化聚合中的链增长理论

摘要 提出了一种建立芳香胺氧化聚合产物的数均分子量与试剂浓度和温度之间的定量关系的理论方法。使用文献中报道的相应实验数据评估用于估计数均聚合度的导出方程。已经证明，所发展的理论可以充分描述在单体转化率增加和温度和氧化剂/单体摩尔比降低时芳族胺聚合物的分子量增加。关于芳香胺氧化聚合中链增长机制的假设反映了反应物比例和介质酸度影响的关键特征，以及氧化剂的结构对所得聚合物的数均聚合度的影响。预测了各种因素对芳香胺氧化聚合产物分子量的影响。