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1H DOSY analysis of high molecular weight acrylamide-based copolymer electrolytes using an inverse-geometry diffusion probe. Polym J 2023. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00758-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AbstractCopolymers of [2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (AETAC) and acrylamide (AAm) (AETAC-co-AAm) are polyelectrolytes used as flocculants in wastewater purification. Diffusion-ordered two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) experiments for AETAC-co-AAm samples with Mw ranging from 1.9 to 3.9 million and a polyacrylamide sample with Mw of 1.3 million were carried out in pure D2O and in D2O containing 0.1 or 1 M NaCl using an inverse-geometry diffusion probe system. Projections of the DOSY contour plots onto the diffusion coefficient (D) dimension gave distributions of D for the AETAC and AAm units in the samples. The D values at the maximum point of the distribution (Dp) agreed fairly well with those determined by dynamic light scattering.
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Manoukian L, Correa JA, Stein RS, Frigon D, Omelon S. Extraction processes reduce polyphosphate ion migration, dispersion and diffusion as detected with gel electrophoresis and
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P DOSY NMR. Electrophoresis 2022; 43:2014-2022. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.202100364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Lori Manoukian
- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
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Burger R, Rumpf J, Do XT, Monakhova YB, Diehl BWK, Rehahn M, Schulze M. Is NMR Combined with Multivariate Regression Applicable for the Molecular Weight Determination of Randomly Cross-Linked Polymers Such as Lignin? ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:29516-29524. [PMID: 34778623 PMCID: PMC8581975 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The molecular weight properties of lignins are one of the key elements that need to be analyzed for a successful industrial application of these promising biopolymers. In this study, the use of 1H NMR as well as diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY NMR), combined with multivariate regression methods, was investigated for the determination of the molecular weight (M w and M n) and the polydispersity of organosolv lignins (n = 53, Miscanthus x giganteus, Paulownia tomentosa, and Silphium perfoliatum). The suitability of the models was demonstrated by cross validation (CV) as well as by an independent validation set of samples from different biomass origins (beech wood and wheat straw). CV errors of ca. 7-9 and 14-16% were achieved for all parameters with the models from the 1H NMR spectra and the DOSY NMR data, respectively. The prediction errors for the validation samples were in a similar range for the partial least squares model from the 1H NMR data and for a multiple linear regression using the DOSY NMR data. The results indicate the usefulness of NMR measurements combined with multivariate regression methods as a potential alternative to more time-consuming methods such as gel permeation chromatography.
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- René Burger
- Department
of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Straße 20, Rheinbach D-53359, Germany
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- Department
of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Straße 20, Rheinbach D-53359, Germany
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- Department
of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Straße 20, Rheinbach D-53359, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biotechnology, FH Aachen
University of Applied Sciences, Heinrich-Mußmann-Straße 1, Jülich 52428, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, Darmstadt D-64287, Germany
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- Department
of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Straße 20, Rheinbach D-53359, Germany
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Hou J, Pearce E. Characterization of Polymer Molecular Weight Distribution by NMR Diffusometry: Experimental Criteria and Findings. Anal Chem 2021; 93:7958-7964. [PMID: 34032422 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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NMR diffusometry finds useful applications in characterizing molecular weight (M) and molecular weight distribution (MWD) for polymers due to its unique advantages in generic detection, chemical selectivity, and quantitation. Here, we present a fundamental study to explore how the condition of diffusion measurement impacts the determined MWD. We use the critical dilute concentration Cdilute* to explicitly delineate the boundary of the sufficiently dilute condition, below which chain interactions have a negligible impact on polymer diffusion. We present solid evidence to validate the postulated theory that links Cdilute* to molecular weight, polydispersity, and chain conformation. Quantitative analysis reveals the consequence of violating the sufficiently dilute condition with M/MWD characterization. These findings provide useful guidance for M/MWD characterization by NMR diffusion and help to rationalize the data disparity that exists in the literature. The results further provide new insights into the interplay between chain conformations and diffusion for globular structure, such as proteins, and provide a different approach toward characterizing polymer architecture and molecular weight.
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- Jianbo Hou
- Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Analytical Science, Midland, Michigan 48667, United States
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- Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Analytical Science, Midland, Michigan 48667, United States
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Phoungtawee P, Crespy D. Shining a new light on the structure of polyurea/polyurethane materials. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00649e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polyurea and polyurethane are widely used in coatings, foams, and micro- and nanocapsules. Investigations of the polymers structure indicate that a significant amount of hydrolyzed isocyanate is incorporated in the macromolecular backbone.
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- Piangtawan Phoungtawee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering
- Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
- Rayong 21210
- Thailand
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering
- Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
- Rayong 21210
- Thailand
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Martínez CR, Pérez JM, Arrabal-Campos FM, Batuecas M, Ortuño MA, Fernández I. Cyclic polylactide synthesis initiated by a lithium anthraquinoid: understanding the selectivity through DFT and diffusion NMR. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00547b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present herein the application of a lithium anthraquinoid in the catalytic synthesis of cyclic PLA, showing that the aggregation plays a critical role in cyclic vs. linear selectivity.
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- Cristina Ruiz Martínez
- Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Research Centre CIAIMBITAL
- University of Almería
- 04120
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Research Centre CIAIMBITAL
- University of Almería
- 04120
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Research Centre CIAIMBITAL
- University of Almería
- 04120
- Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- 43007 Tarragona
- Spain
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS)
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Research Centre CIAIMBITAL
- University of Almería
- 04120
- Spain
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Evans R. The interpretation of small molecule diffusion coefficients: Quantitative use of diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 117:33-69. [PMID: 32471534 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Measuring accurate molecular self-diffusion coefficients, D, by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques has become routine as hardware, software and experimental methodologies have all improved. However, the quantitative interpretation of such data remains difficult, particularly for small molecules. This review article first provides a description of, and explanation for, the failure of the Stokes-Einstein equation to accurately predict small molecule diffusion coefficients, before moving on to three broadly complementary methods for their quantitative interpretation. Two are based on power laws, but differ in the nature of the reference molecules used. The third addresses the uncertainties in the Stokes-Einstein equation directly. For all three methods, a wide range of examples are used to show the range of chemistry to which diffusion NMR can be applied, and how best to implement the different methods to obtain quantitative information from the chemical systems studied.
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- Robert Evans
- Aston Institute of Materials Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom.
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Shahni RK, Mabin M, Wang Z, Shaik M, Ugrinov A, Chu QR. Synthesis and characterization of BPA-free polyesters by incorporating a semi-rigid cyclobutanediol monomer. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01098g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A trans-1,3-cyclobutane-containing diol (CBDO-1) has been synthesized and introduced to materials science as a versatile monomer and a possible phenol-free BPA replacement.
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- Rahul K. Shahni
- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Dakota
- Grand Forks
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Dakota
- Grand Forks
- USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences
- Eastern New Mexico University
- Portales
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Dakota
- Grand Forks
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- North Dakota State University
- Fargo
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Dakota
- Grand Forks
- USA
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Dhaene E, Billet J, Bennett E, Van Driessche I, De Roo J. The Trouble with ODE: Polymerization during Nanocrystal Synthesis. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7411-7417. [PMID: 31525055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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1-Octadecene is a widely used solvent for high-temperature nanocrystal synthesis (120-320 °C). Here, we show that 1-octadecene spontaneously polymerizes under these conditions, and the resulting poly(1-octadecene) has a comparable solubility and size to nanocrystals stabilized by hydrophobic ligands. Typical purification procedures (precipitation/redispersion cycles or size exclusion chromatography) fail to separate the poly(1-octadecene) impurity from the nanocrystal product. To avoid formation of poly(1-octadecene), we replace 1-octadecene with saturated, aliphatic solvents. Alternatively, the nanocrystals' native ligands are exchanged for polar ligands, leading to significant solubility differences between nanocrystals and poly(1-octadecene), therefore allowing isolation of pure nanocrystals, free from polymer impurities. These results will help design superior syntheses and improve nanocrystal purity, an important factor in many applications.
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- Evert Dhaene
- Department of Chemistry , Ghent University , Gent B-9000 , Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry , Ghent University , Gent B-9000 , Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry , Columbia University , New York , New York 10027 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Ghent University , Gent B-9000 , Belgium
- Department of Chemistry , Columbia University , New York , New York 10027 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , Basel CH-4058 , Switzerland
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Hiller W. Quantitative Studies of Block Copolymers and Their Containing Homopolymer Components by Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wolf Hiller
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Technical University Dortmund Otto‐Hahn‐Str. 4a D‐44227 Dortmund Germany
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Zaccaria F, Zuccaccia C, Cipullo R, Macchioni A. Extraction of Reliable Molecular Information from Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy: Hydrodynamic Volume or Molecular Mass? Chemistry 2019; 25:9930-9937. [PMID: 30998838 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Measuring accurate translational self-diffusion coefficients (Dt ) by NMR techniques with modern spectrometers has become rather routine. In contrast, the derivation of reliable molecular information therefrom still remains a nontrivial task. In this paper, two established approaches to estimating molecular size in terms of hydrodynamic volume (VH ) or molecular weight (M) are compared. Ad hoc designed experiments allowed the critical aspects of their application to be explored by translating relatively complex theoretical principles into practical take-home messages. For instance, comparing the Dt values of three isosteric Cp2 MCl2 complexes (Cp=cyclopentadienyl, M=Ti, Zr, Hf), having significantly different molecular mass, provided an empirical demonstration that VH is the critical molecular property affecting Dt . This central concept served to clarify the assumptions behind the derivation of Dt =ƒ(M) power laws from the Stokes-Einstein equation. Some pitfalls in establishing log (Dt ) versus log (M) linear correlations for a set of species have been highlighted by further investigations of selected examples. The effectiveness of the Stokes-Einstein equation itself in describing the aggregation or polymerization of differently shaped species has been explored by comparing, for example, a ball-shaped silsesquioxane cage with its cigar-like dimeric form, or styrene with polystyrene macromolecules.
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- Francesco Zaccaria
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie and CIRCC, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie and CIRCC, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie and CIRCC, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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Montgomery JRD, Bazley P, Lebl T, Westwood NJ. Using Fractionation and Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy to Study Lignin Molecular Weight. ChemistryOpen 2019; 8:601-605. [PMID: 31110931 PMCID: PMC6511914 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Recent reports demonstrate that applications of the biopolymer lignin can be helped by the use of a fraction of the lignin which has an optimal molecular weight range. Unfortunately, the current methods used to determine lignin's molecular weight are inconsistent or not widely accessible. Here, an approach that relies on 2D DOSY NMR analysis is described that provides a measure of lignin's molecular weight. Consistent results were obtained using this well‐established NMR technique across a range of lignins.
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- James R D Montgomery
- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex University of St Andrews and EaStCHEM St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST UK
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- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex University of St Andrews and EaStCHEM St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST UK
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- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex University of St Andrews and EaStCHEM St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST UK
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- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex University of St Andrews and EaStCHEM St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST UK
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One-Pot FDCA Diester Synthesis from Mucic Acid and Their Solvent-Free Regioselective Polytransesterification for Production of Glycerol-Based Furanic Polyesters. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24061030. [PMID: 30875923 PMCID: PMC6471091 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24061030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A one pot-two step procedure for the synthesis of diethyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DEFDC) starting from mucic acid without isolation of the intermediate furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) was studied. Then, the production of three different kinds of furan-based polyesters— polyethylene-2,5-furan dicarboxylate (PEF), polyhydropropyl-2,5-furan dicarboxylate(PHPF) and polydiglycerol-2,5-furandicarboxylate (PDGF)—was realized through a Co(Ac)2·4H2O catalyzed polytransesterification performed at 160 °C between DEFDC and a defined diol furan-based prepolymer or pure diglycerol. In parallel to polymerization process, an unattended regioselective 1-OH acylation of glycerol by direct microwave-heated FDCA diester transesterification led to the formation of a symmetric prepolymer ready for further polymerization and clearly identified by 2D NMR sequences. Furthermore, the synthesis of a more soluble and hydrophilic diglycerol-based furanic polyester was also achieved. The resulting biobased polymers were characterized by NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, DSC, TGA and XRD. The morphologies of the resulted polymers were observed by FE-SEM and the purity of the material by EDX.
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Chebbi Y, Kasmi N, Majdoub M, Papageorgiou GZ, Achilias DS, Bikiaris DN. Solid-State Polymerization of Poly(Ethylene Furanoate) Biobased Polyester, III: Extended Study on Effect of Catalyst Type on Molecular Weight Increase. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E438. [PMID: 30960422 PMCID: PMC6473661 DOI: 10.3390/polym11030438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 02/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In this study, the synthesis of poly(ethylene furanoate) (PEF), catalyzed by five different catalysts-antimony acetate (III) (Sb Ac), zirconium (IV) isopropoxide isopropanal (Zr Is Ip), antimony (III) oxide (Sb Ox), zirconium (IV) 2,4-pentanedionate (Zr Pe) and germanium (IV) oxide (Ge Ox)-via an industrially common combination of melt polymerization and subsequent solid-state polymerization (SSP) is presented. In all reactions, proper amounts of 2,5-dimethylfuran-dicarboxylate (DMFD) and ethylene glycol (EG) in a molar ratio of DMFD/EG= 1/2 and 400 ppm of catalyst were used. Polyester samples were subjected to SSP procedure, under vacuum application, at different reaction times (1, 2, 3.5, and 5 h) and temperatures of 190, 200, and 205 °C. Carboxyl end-groups concentration (⁻COOH), intrinsic viscosity (IV), and thermal properties, via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), were measured for all resultant polymers to study the effect of the used catalysts on the molecular weight increase of PEF during SSP process. As was expected, it was found that with increasing the SSP time and temperature, the intrinsic viscosity and the average molecular weight of PEF steadily increased. In contrast, the number of carboxyl end-groups content showed the opposite trend as intrinsic viscosity, that is, gradually decreasing during SSP time and temperature increase. It is worthy to note that thanks to the SSP process an obvious and continuous enhancement in the thermal properties of the prepared PEF samples was attained, in which their melting temperatures (Tm) and degree of crystallinity (Xc) increase progressively with increasing of reaction time and temperature. To predict the time evolution of polymers IV, as well as the hydroxyl and carboxyl content of PEF polyesters during the SSP, a simple kinetic model was developed. From both the theoretical simulation results and the experimental measurements, it was demonstrated that surely the Zr Is Ip catalyst shows the best catalytic characteristics compared to all other used catalysts herein, that is, leading in reducing-in a spectacular way-the activation energy of the involved both transesterification and esterification reactions during SSP.
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- Yosra Chebbi
- Laboratoire des Interfaces et Matériaux Avancés, Université de Monastir, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratoire des Interfaces et Matériaux Avancés, Université de Monastir, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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WATANABE K, UTE K. Characterization of High Molecular Weight Acrylamide-Based Copolymers by DOSY-NMR Using High Field-Gradients. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU 2018. [DOI: 10.1295/koron.2018-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kazuya WATANABE
- Research and Development Division, Kurita Water Industries Ltd
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokushima University
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Rosenboom JG, Hohl DK, Fleckenstein P, Storti G, Morbidelli M. Bottle-grade polyethylene furanoate from ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic oligomers. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2701. [PMID: 30042388 PMCID: PMC6057881 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05147-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) represents a promising renewable resource-based bioplastic as replacement for fossil-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with improved material properties. However, the synthesis of PEF through conventional polycondensation remains challenging, since the time-intensive reaction leads to degradation and undesired discolouration of the product. Here we show the successful rapid synthesis of bottle-grade PEF via ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) from cyclic PEF oligomers within minutes, thereby avoiding degradation and discolouration. The melting point of such mixture of cyclic oligomers lies around 370 °C, well above the degradation temperature of PEF (~329 °C). This challenge can be overcome, exploiting the self-plasticising effect of the forming polymer itself (which melts around 220 °C) by initiation in the presence of a high boiling, yet removable, and inert liquid plasticiser. This concept yields polymer grades required for bottle applications (Mn > 30 kg mol−1, conversion > 95%, colour-free products), and can be extended to other diffusion-limited polymer systems. The synthesis of polyethylene furanoate, a promising renewable resource-based bioplastic, still has challenges. Here the authors show that bottle-grade polyethylene furanoate can be obtained within minutes from ring-opening polymerisation of its cyclic oligomers, thereby avoiding degradation and discolouration.
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- Jan-Georg Rosenboom
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Fleckenstein P, Rosenboom JG, Storti G, Morbidelli M. Synthesis of Cyclic (Ethylene Furanoate) Oligomers via Cyclodepolymerization. MACROMOL REACT ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/mren.201800018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Peter Fleckenstein
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering; ETH Zürich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering; ETH Zürich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering; ETH Zürich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering; ETH Zürich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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Kasmi N, Papageorgiou GZ, Achilias DS, Bikiaris DN. Solid-State Polymerization of Poly(Ethylene Furanoate) Biobased Polyester, II: An Efficient and Facile Method to Synthesize High Molecular Weight Polyester Appropriate for Food Packaging Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E471. [PMID: 30966505 PMCID: PMC6415450 DOI: 10.3390/polym10050471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to synthesize, through a facile strategy, high molecular weight poly(ethylene furanoate) (PEF), which could be applicable in food packaging applications. The efficient method to generate PEF with high molecular weight consists of carrying out a first solid-state polycondensation under vacuum for 6 h reaction time at 205 °C for the resulting polymer from two-step melt polycondensation process, which is catalyzed by tetrabutyl titanate (TBT). A remelting step was thereafter applied for 15 min at 250 °C for the obtained polyester. Thus, the PEF sample was ground into powder, and was then crystallized for 6 h at 170 °C. This polyester is then submitted to a second solid-state polycondensation (SSP) carried out at different reaction times (1, 2, 3.5, and 5 h) and temperatures 190, 200, and 205 °C, under vacuum. Ultimately, a significant increase in intrinsic viscosity is observed with only 5 h reaction time at 205 °C during the second SSP being needed to obtain very high molecular weight PEF polymer greater than 1 dL/g, which sufficient for manufacturing purposes. Intrinsic viscosity (IV), carboxyl end-group content (⁻COOH), and thermal properties, via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), were measured for all resultant polyesters. Thanks to the post-polymerization process, DSC results showed that the melting temperatures of the prepared PEF samples were steadily enhanced in an obvious way as a function of reaction time and temperature increase. It was revealed, as was expected for all SSP samples, that the intrinsic viscosity and the average molecular weight of PEF polyester increased with increasing SSP time and temperature, whereas the number of carboxyl end-group concentration was decreased. A simple kinetic model was also developed and used to predict the time evolution of polyesters IV, as well as the carboxyl and hydroxyl end-groups of PEF during the SSP.
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- Nejib Kasmi
- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
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Beament J, Kociok-Köhn G, Jones MD, Buchard A. Bipyrrolidine salan alkoxide complexes of lanthanides: synthesis, characterisation, activity in the polymerisation of lactide and mechanistic investigation by DOSY NMR. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:9164-9172. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt02108b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Dimeric lanthanide alkoxide and hydroxide complexes with salan ligands have been prepared with Nd, Sm and Yb. Monitoring their activity in the polymerisation of lactide by 1H DOSY NMR reveals a dinuclear catalytic active species.
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- James Beament
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Bath
- Bath BA2 7AY
- UK
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Montgomery JD, Lancefield CS, Miles-Barrett DM, Ackermann K, Bode BE, Westwood NJ, Lebl T. Fractionation and DOSY NMR as Analytical Tools: From Model Polymers to a Technical Lignin. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:8466-8474. [PMID: 31457383 PMCID: PMC6645228 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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One key challenge hindering the valorization of lignin is its structural complexity. Artificial lignin-like materials provide a stepping stone between the simplicity of model compounds and the complexity of lignin. Here, we report an optimized synthesis of an all-G β-O-4 polymer 1 designed to model softwood lignin. After acetylation, the polymer Ac-1(V) was fractionated using a protocol that involved only volatile organic solvents, which left no insoluble residue. Using diffusion ordered spectroscopy NMR in combination with gel permeation chromatography, it was revealed that this fractionated material behaved like a flexible linear polymer in solution (average α > 0.5). Acetylated kraft lignin was subsequently processed using the same fractionation protocol. By comparison with the model polymer, we propose that the acetylated kraft lignin is composed of two classes of materials that exhibit contrasting physical properties. One is comparable to the acetylated all-G β-O-4 polymer Ac-1, and the second has a significantly different macromolecular structure.
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Aqueous Free-Radical Polymerization of Non-Ionized and Fully Ionized Methacrylic Acid. Processes (Basel) 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/pr5020023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Water-soluble, carboxylic acid monomers are known to exhibit peculiar kinetics when polymerized in aqueous solution. Namely, their free-radical polymerization rate is affected by several parameters such as monomer concentration, ionic strength, and pH. Focusing on methacrylic acid (MAA), even though this monomer has been largely addressed, a systematic investigation of the effects of the above-mentioned parameters on its polymerization rate is missing, in particular in the fully ionized case. In this work, the kinetics of non-ionized and fully ionized MAA are characterized by in-situ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Such accurate monitoring of the reaction rate enables the identification of relevant but substantially different effects of the monomer and electrolyte concentration on polymerization rate in the two ionization cases. For non-ionized MAA, the development of a kinetic model based on literature rate coefficients allows us to nicely simulate the experimental data of conversion versus time at a high monomer concentration. For fully ionized MAA, a novel propagation rate law accounting for the electrostatic interactions is proposed: the corresponding model is capable of predicting reasonably well the electrolyte concentration effect on polymerization rate. Nevertheless, further kinetic information in a wider range of monomer concentrations would be welcome to increase the reliability of the model predictions.
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Optimization of Diffusion Ordered NMR Spectroscopy (DOSY) parameters for the improved and extended analysis of polymers.
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- Patrick Groves
- Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry
- University of Gdansk
- 80-308 Gdansk
- Poland
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