Volume 128, Issue 4 pp. 2291-2296
Article

Iodoform-mediated free radical emulsion polymerization of chloroprene

Juming Gu

Juming Gu

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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Xinhua Yan

Xinhua Yan

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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Zhifeng Fu

Zhifeng Fu

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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Wantai Yang

Wantai Yang

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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Yan Shi

Corresponding Author

Yan Shi

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 27 June 2012
Citations: 8

Abstract

The free radical emulsion polymerization of chloroprene (CP) is carried out at 9°C using different amounts of iodoform as the chain transfer agent. The molecular weight of polychloroprene (PCP) can be regulated effectively by CHI3. PCP suitable for use as an adhesive is obtained with 0.22–0.28 wt % CHI3 and reaches even higher monomer conversion than when mercaptan is used as the chain transfer agent. The emulsion polymerization of CP with high amounts of CHI3 (1.0–3.0 wt %) proceeds in a living polymerization manner. The molecular weight increases in proportion to the monomer conversion in the range of the whole polymerization process even up to very high monomer conversion. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013

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