Direct synthesis of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers by insertion polymerization

Thomas Rünzi; Dominik Fröhlich; Stefan Mecking

doi:10.1021/ja109194r

Direct synthesis of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers by insertion polymerization

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Dec 22;132(50):17690-1. doi: 10.1021/ja109194r. Epub 2010 Nov 29.

Authors

Thomas Rünzi¹, Dominik Fröhlich, Stefan Mecking

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.

PMID: 21114319
DOI: 10.1021/ja109194r

Abstract

Neutral palladium(II) phosphinesulfonato polymerization catalysts were found to be stable toward carboxylic acid moieties and to enable direct linear copolymerization of ethylene with acrylic acid.