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## Abstract The effect of lithium __tert__‐butoxide (t‐BuOLi) on rate constants and equilibrium constants of reactions involved in the initial stage of the anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in tetrahydrofuran, initiated by methyl α‐lithioisobutyrate (P) was investigated at 23 ± 3°C. Addition of t‐BuOLi decreases the rate constants of initiation and propagation by one order of magnitude; the rate constants of termination by cyclization decrease by two orders of magnitude. This leads to an overall tenfold higher preference of propagation with respect to termination and explains the favourable effect of alkoxide in the polymerization reported earlier. Within experimental error, the equilibrium constant for initiation is independent of alkoxide. The infrared spectra prove the interaction of lithiated MMA‐dimer with t‐BuOLi and show the changed properties of the Li‐enolate group as well as the increased extent of the γ‐ester group coordination to lithium.

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Author
Lochmann, Lubomír ;Müller, Axel H. E.
Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley (ISSN 0025-116X)
Published
1990
Language
EN
Field
Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

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