Issue 13, 2002
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Chemical Communications

Conventional free radical polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids: a green approach to commodity polymers with practical advantages

Kunlun Hong,ab   Hongwei Zhang,c   Jimmy W. Mays,*abc   Ann E. Visser,d   Christopher S. Brazel,*e   John D. Holbrey,d   W. Matthew Reichertd  and  Robin D. Rogers*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA

b Chemical Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
E-mail: JimmyMays@utk.edu
Fax: +1 865 974 9304
Tel: +1 865 974 0747

d Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
E-mail: rdrogers@bama.ua.edu
Fax: +1 205 348 0823
Tel: +1 205 348 4323

e Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
E-mail: cbrazel@coe.eng.ua.edu
Fax: +1 205 348 7558
Tel: +1 205 348 9738

Abstract

Free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate and styrene using conventional organic initiators in the room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C4mim][PF6]) is rapid and produces polymers with molecular weights up to 10× higher than from benzene; both polymerization and isolation of products were achieved without using VOCs, offering economic as well as environmental advantages.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B204319J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Apr 2002
Accepted
09 May 2002
First published
23 May 2002

Chem. Commun., 2002, 1368-1369

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Conventional free radical polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids: a green approach to commodity polymers with practical advantages

K. Hong, H. Zhang, J. W. Mays, A. E. Visser, C. S. Brazel, J. D. Holbrey, W. M. Reichert and R. D. Rogers, Chem. Commun., 2002, 1368 DOI: 10.1039/B204319J

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