Preparation method of end group modified polyacrylate block copolymer and polyacrylate block copolymer prepared by preparation method
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of polyacrylate block copolymer synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a terminal group modified polyacrylate block copolymer and a polyacrylate block copolymer prepared by the same.
Background
The conventional preparation method of polyacrylate is free radical polymerization, including bulk polymerization, solution polymerization, emulsion polymerization and the like; the method is simple to operate and easy to produce, but has the defects of poor molecular design capability, uncontrollable molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the polymer and the like.
In 1995, atom transfer radical polymerization was first proposed by the subject group of krzysztoff Matyjaszewski, which is a novel technique of controlled radical polymerization combining conventional radical polymerization and living/controlled radical polymerization. Compared with other living radical polymerization, the method has the advantages of wider applicable monomer range, stronger molecular design capability and mild polymerization conditions, can be used for preparing homopolymers and multi-block copolymers, and has wide prospect in the molecular design application of polymers. However, in industrial research, the common ATRP has been found to have some disadvantages not beneficial to industrialization, such as: the transition metal salt with low valence state is easy to be oxidized and lose efficacy, and needs to be preserved and reacted under the anaerobic condition; the residual metal ions after the reaction adversely affect the appearance and properties of the article.
In 2005, the Krzysztof Matyjaszewski group again proposed an active/controlled radical polymerization method that combines the advantages of conventional ATRP and reverse ATRP, i.e., atom transfer radical polymerization (AGET ATRP) that generates a catalyst by electron transfer. The method can directly use the transition metal with high valence as a catalyst, and simultaneously introduce a reducing substance to reduce the metal with high valence into low valence in situ so as to catalyze polymerization reaction, so that the polymerization reaction can be carried out without the operation of removing oxygen and in the presence of air or trace oxygen, thereby leading the operation process to be simpler. Meanwhile, the transition metal ions with high valence are reduced to low valence in situ, and the catalytic activity is higher; the oxidized high-valence metal can be reduced for reuse again, so that the use amount of the transition metal catalyst is greatly reduced; provides convenience for removing subsequent transition metal ions and greatly improves the possibility of industrialization of ATRP.
It is well known to those skilled in the art that AGET ATRP polymers contain halogens at the ends, which adversely affect the thermal stability of the polymer. Therefore, removal of such polymer terminal halogens is attracting attention. Known methods for removing the terminal halogen of ATRP polymerization products are: the removal of the terminal halogen is achieved by a click reaction using the terminal halogen as the raw material of the azide (macromol. Rapid Commun,18,1057-66,1997), which cannot achieve complete reaction, is highly toxicologically hazardous and is costly. Excess ligand is added, and the ligand is used as a chain transfer agent to remove the end halogen (Macromolecules,2005,38,271-279), and the method introduces a large amount of ligand into the system, improves the complexing capability with metal ions, but increases the difficulty of removing the metal catalyst. Patent document CN101484479A discloses a method for removing terminal halogen of ATRP polymerization product by adding thiol compound, but does not mention substitution of other nucleophiles, and introduction of excessive sulfur element has influence on color and odor of final product, and further removal of sulfur element is required, increasing process difficulty.
The polyacrylate has the characteristics of high bonding strength, oil resistance, weather resistance, strong ultraviolet resistance and the like, and is widely applied to the fields of paint, adhesive and sealant. However, the polyacrylate has a straight-chain structure, lacks crosslinking points, and has poor high and low temperature resistance and solvent resistance; therefore, effective block structure design is carried out, and functional groups are introduced into the terminal groups to modify polyacrylate, which becomes necessary for expanding application.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation method of a terminal group modified polyacrylate block copolymer and the prepared polyacrylate block copolymer aiming at the problems of the polyacrylate block copolymer synthesized by the prior art, wherein the method removes terminal halogen while functionalizing the polyacrylate block copolymer, and improves product design and thermal stability.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for preparing a terminal-modified polyacrylate block copolymer, comprising the steps of:
(1) carrying out atom transfer radical polymerization (AGET ATRP) of an electron transfer generation catalyst on a polymerization system comprising an acrylate monomer, an initiator, a catalyst, a ligand and a reducing agent to prepare a polyacrylate block copolymer;
(2) and carrying out in-situ end group modification on the polyacrylate block copolymer to prepare the end group modified polyacrylate block copolymer.
According to the preparation method provided by the invention, preferably, in the step (2), the in-situ end group modification comprises the following steps: and after or during the atom transfer radical polymerization reaction of the electron transfer generation catalyst, contacting the polyacrylate block copolymer with a nucleophilic reagent to perform nucleophilic substitution reaction.
In the preparation method of the invention, the polyacrylate block copolymer obtained in the step (1) contains terminal halogen. Preferably, the molar ratio of terminal halogen to nucleophile in the polyacrylate block copolymer is 1: 1-2, more preferably 1: 1.1-1.3.
Preferably, the reaction conditions of the nucleophilic substitution reaction are: the reaction temperature is 70-90 ℃, and the reaction time is 0.5-1 h.
Preferably, the nucleophilic reagent is a compound which can generate nucleophilic substitution with end halogen in the polyacrylate block copolymer and contains a functional group, and the general formula is X-R1-Y,
wherein X is an electron donor capable of nucleophilic substitution selected from the group consisting of HO-, RO-, RCOO-, H2N-, HS-, CN-, or RC ≡ C-;
r1 is selected from C1-C40 alkyl, more preferably C2-C10 alkyl;
y is a functional group with reactivity and is selected from-OH, -COOH, -COOR, -SiR1x(OR2)3-x、-CHyF3-yor-CN; wherein x is 0, 1 or 2; y is 0, 1 or 2; r2 is selected from C1-C40 alkyl, preferably C1-C4 alkyl.
More preferably, the nucleophile is selected from silane compounds containing hydroxyl, amino or mercapto groups, and even more preferably from one or more of gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, gamma-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane and 3-amino-1-propanol.
According to the preparation method provided by the present invention, preferably, the acrylate monomer is selected from one or more of (meth) acrylate of linear alcohol, (meth) acrylate of branched alcohol and (meth) acrylate of alicyclic alcohol; preferably one or more selected from the group consisting of C4-C15 (meth) acrylates.
Preferably, the acrylate monomer is selected from the group consisting of methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, n-propyl (meth) acrylate, n-butyl (meth) acrylate, isobutyl (meth) acrylate, t-butyl (meth) acrylate, pentyl (meth) acrylate, n-octyl (meth) acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth) acrylate, one or more of octadecyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, 1, 2-ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, 1, 4-butanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1, 6-hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, trimethylolpropane tri (meth) acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra (meth) acrylate, phenyl (meth) acrylate, and benzyl (meth) acrylate; more preferably one or more selected from the group consisting of methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, n-propyl (meth) acrylate and n-butyl (meth) acrylate.
The initiator is selected from one or more of alkyl halides, benzyl halides and alpha-halogenated esters, preferably from one or more of alpha-chlorobenzene ethane, alpha-bromobenzene ethane, ethyl alpha-bromoisobutyrate and ethylene glycol dibromoisobutyrate.
The catalyst is selected from transition metal halides. Preferably, the transition metal in the transition metal halide is selected from one or more of copper, iron, nickel, chromium, manganese, cobalt and ruthenium.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the transition metal halide is selected from one or more of copper chloride, copper bromide and ferric chloride.
The ligand is a compound containing nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur or phosphorus and capable of generating one or more coordination bonds with the transition metal to form a metal-ligand complex, preferably one or more selected from bipyridine, triphenylphosphine and N, N, N' -Pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA).
The reducing agent is selected from one or more of hydroxylamines, alcohols, stannous octoate, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, copper powder and iron powder, and is more preferably selected from one or more of ethylene glycol, stannous octoate and ascorbic acid. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the reducing agent is ethylene glycol.
According to the preparation method provided by the invention, when the reducing agent used in the polymerization system in the step (1) is ethylene glycol, an acid-binding agent is required to be added for adjustment. The glycol is used as a reducing agent and is oxidized to generate oxalic acid, and the oxalic acid can be neutralized by adding an alkaline acid-binding agent to promote the forward redox reaction of the glycol. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the polymerization system in step (1) further comprises an acid-binding agent.
Preferably, the acid-binding agent is selected from one or more of sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and triethylamine, more preferably from sodium bicarbonate and/or triethylamine.
Preferably, the acrylate monomer: initiator: the molar ratio of the catalyst is 1000-10: 1: 0.1-1, more preferably 500-100: 1: 0.1-0.5; the catalyst comprises the following components: ligand: reducing agent: the molar ratio of the acid-applying agent is 1: 1-2: 1-5: 1-5, more preferably 1: 1-1.2: 1.5-2: 1.5-2.
According to the amount of the initiator, a catalyst, a ligand, a reducing agent and an acid-binding agent for promoting an oxidation-reduction reaction to improve the catalytic rate are added in proper proportion.
According to the preparation method provided by the invention, preferably, the atom transfer radical polymerization (AGET ATRP) of the electron transfer generation catalyst adopts bulk polymerization or solution polymerization. In a solution polymerization reaction system, the concentration of the catalyst is 5-2000 ppm, preferably 10-30 ppm.
Preferably, the solvent in the solution polymerization is selected from one or more of toluene, xylene, tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane, N-dimethylamide, cyclohexanone, anisole and dioxane, preferably from one or more of toluene, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexanone and anisole.
Preferably, the reaction temperature of the atom transfer radical polymerization reaction of the electron transfer generation catalyst is 25-150 ℃, and more preferably 50-90 ℃; the reaction time is 2-48h, more preferably 6-24 h.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a terminal-modified polyacrylate block copolymer prepared by the above-mentioned preparation method.
The invention also provides the polyacrylate block copolymer prepared by the preparation method, wherein the number average molecular weight of the polyacrylate block copolymer is 500-100000g/mol, preferably 5000-30000 g/mol; the molecular weight distribution is 1 to 1.6, preferably 1.1 to 1.3.
The polyacrylate main chain can be designed into a block copolymer of various acrylates by the preparation method, preferably a 2-4 block copolymer, and finally the polyacrylate block copolymer with a specific molecular structure, a specific molecular weight and extremely narrow molecular weight distribution is obtained.
According to the invention, an advanced AGET ATRP polymerization technology is adopted to prepare a polyacrylate block copolymer with a specific molecular structure, and then a nucleophilic substitution reaction is carried out on a nucleophilic reagent containing a functional group and terminal halogen of an AGET ATRP polymerization product when the polyacrylate block copolymer is modified, so that chain end functionality with controllable quantity can be designed; in addition, the halogen at the end of the polymer is removed while the functionalization is carried out, and finally the end group modified polyacrylate copolymer is obtained.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the invention adopts AGET ATRP controllable polymerization to carry out specific molecular structure design on the main chain structure of polyacrylate, the molecular weight is controllable, the molecular weight distribution is extremely narrow, and the product design and stability are greatly improved; compared with the traditional ATRP polymerization technology, the adopted AGET ATRP controllable polymerization technology has the advantages of milder reaction conditions, simpler post-treatment and easier realization of industrialization;
(2) the polyacrylate segmented copolymer prepared by adopting AGET ATRP technology is subjected to in-situ end group modification, so that the design of modified functionality is easier to perform; the AGET ATRP polymer product is functionalized, and simultaneously, the terminal halogen is removed, so that the thermal stability of the polymer is improved.
Detailed Description
In order that the technical features and contents of the present invention can be understood in detail, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below. While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in the examples, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein.
Firstly, the source of raw materials
Methyl Methacrylate (MMA), 99%, national pharmaceutical group chemical agents limited;
n-Butyl Acrylate (BA), 99%, chemical reagents of the national drug group, Inc.;
ethylene glycol dibromoisobutyrate (2-bromoisobutyrate), avastin reagent (shanghai) ltd;
triphenylphosphine (PPh)3) Aladdin reagent (Shanghai)) A limited company;
n, N, N', N "-Pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA), Allantin reagent (Shanghai) Co., Ltd;
ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl)3˙6H2O), alatin reagent (shanghai) ltd;
cupric chloride (CuCl)2) Aladdin reagent (Shanghai) Inc.;
ethylene Glycol (EG), national drug group chemical agents ltd;
sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO)3) Aladdin reagent (Shanghai) Inc.;
gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, mayform advanced materials group ltd;
gamma-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, mai ji gao new materials group ltd;
basic alumina, alatin reagent (shanghai) ltd;
3-amino-1-propanol, Toshiai (Shanghai) chemical industry development Co., Ltd.
Second, testing method
1. GPC measurement: shimadzu LC-20AD gel chromatograph GPC, refractive index detector, column temperature 30 deg.C, mobile phase is tetrahydrofuran (1mL/min), and polystyrene is used as standard sample.
2. Nuclear magnetic analysis: bruker AVANCE III 400M NMR spectrometer, deuterated chloroform as solvent.
The first embodiment is as follows:
firstly, two acrylate monomers of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) and n-Butyl Acrylate (BA) are pretreated, and an aluminum peroxide column is used for removing a polymerization inhibitor. According to a molar ratio n (BA): n (Ethylene bis (2-Bromoisobutyrate)): n (PPh)3):n(FeCl3˙6H2O):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 50: 1: 1.2: 1: 1.5: 3, sequentially adding all reactants into a 100mL single-neck flask, introducing nitrogen for 15min, sealing, carrying out oil bath reaction at 80 ℃ for 6h, rapidly introducing air, and cooling to terminate the reaction to obtain a Br-PBA-Br double-end macroinitiator; Br-PBA-Br as initiator, likewise in a molar ratio n (MMA): n (Br-PBA-Br): n (PPh)3):n(FeCl3˙6H2O):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 100: 1: 1.5: 1: 1: 1, synthesizing Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br according to the steps; adding gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane when the polymerization reaction is ended, wherein the adding amount of the silane is n (Br-PBA-Br): n- (γ -aminopropyltrimethoxysilane) ═ 1: 2.2, continuing to react for 0.5 h; the polymerization product obtained by the reaction was subjected to an alumina column to remove transition metal ions, and subjected to GPC measurement. Wherein the number average molecular weight of Br-PBA-Br is 6800 (design value 6400), the molecular weight distribution is 1.18, the number average molecular weight of Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br is 17200 (design value 16400), and the molecular weight distribution is 1.20; the final resulting terminal siloxane-modified polyacrylate had 95% of the terminal halogen replaced by siloxane by nuclear magnetic analysis.
Example two:
firstly, two acrylate monomers of MMA and BA are pretreated, and an aluminum peroxide column is used for removing a polymerization inhibitor. According to a molar ratio n (BA): n (Ethylene bis (2-Bromoisobutyrate)): n (pmdeta): n (CuCl)2):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 100: 1: 1.2: 1: 1.5: 3, sequentially adding all reactants into a 100mL single-neck flask, introducing nitrogen for 15min, sealing, carrying out oil bath reaction at 90 ℃ for 6h, rapidly introducing air, and cooling to terminate the reaction to obtain a Br-PBA-Br double-end macroinitiator; taking Br-PBA-Br as an initiator, and similarly, adding the components in a certain molar ratio n (MMA): n (Br-PBA-Br): n (pmdeta): n (CuCl)2):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 100: 1: 1.5: 1: 1: 1, synthesizing Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br according to the steps; adding gamma-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane when the polymerization reaction is ended, wherein the addition amount of the gamma-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane is n (Br-PBA-Br): n- (γ -mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane) ═ 1: 2.6, continuing to react for 0.5 h; the polymerization product obtained by the reaction was subjected to an alumina column to remove transition metal ions, and subjected to GPC measurement. Wherein the number average molecular weight of Br-PBA-Br is 13500 (design value 12800), the molecular weight distribution is 1.23, the number average molecular weight of Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br is 24300 (design value 22800), and the molecular weight distribution is 1.20; the final resulting terminal siloxane-modified polyacrylate had 92% of the terminal halogen replaced by siloxane by nuclear magnetic analysis.
Example three:
firstly, two acrylate monomers of MMA and BA are pretreated, and an aluminum peroxide column is used for removing a polymerization inhibitor. According to a molar ratio n (BA): n (Ethylene bis (2-Bromoisobutyrate)): n (pmdeta): n (CuCl)2):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 200: 1: 1.2: 1: 1.5: 3, sequentially adding all reactants into a 100mL single-neck flask, introducing nitrogen for 15min, sealing, carrying out oil bath reaction at 90 ℃ for 6h, rapidly introducing air, and cooling to terminate the reaction to obtain a Br-PBA-Br double-end macroinitiator; Br-PBA-Br as initiator, likewise in a molar ratio n (MMA): n (Br-PBA-Br): n (pmdeta): n (CuCl)2):n(EG):n(NaHCO3) 100: 1: 1.5: 1: 1: 1, synthesizing Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br according to the steps; adding 3-amino-1-propanol when the polymerization reaction is terminated, wherein the adding amount is n (Br-PBA-Br): n (3-amino-1-propanol) ═ 1: 2.2, continuing to react for 0.5 h; the polymerization product obtained by the reaction was subjected to an alumina column to remove transition metal ions, and subjected to GPC measurement. Wherein the number average molecular weight of Br-PBA-Br is 27800 (design value 25600), the molecular weight distribution is 1.16, the number average molecular weight of Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br is 38600 (design value 35600), and the molecular weight distribution is 1.19; the final terminal fluoroalkyl-modified polyacrylate obtained was analyzed by nuclear magnetic analysis to have 92% of the terminal halogen replaced by hydroxyl.
Comparative example one:
firstly, two acrylate monomers of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) and n-Butyl Acrylate (BA) are pretreated, and an aluminum peroxide column is used for removing a polymerization inhibitor. Xylene is used as a solvent, Azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) is used as an initiator, and the molar ratio of n (BA) to n (MMA): n (aibn) ═ 50: 100: 1, reacting for 6 hours at the reaction temperature of 120 ℃, and adding gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane when the polymerization reaction is ended, wherein the adding amount of the silane is n (AIBN): n (methacryloyloxytrimethoxysilane) ═ 1: 1.1, continuing the reaction for 2 hours, removing the solvent after the reaction is finished, and carrying out GPC (GPC) test on the polymerization product. The number average molecular weight of the polymerization product was 26800 (design value 16400) and the molecular weight distribution was 2.20; the polymerization product was subjected to nuclear magnetic analysis, and the silane grafting ratio was 45% and was not completely located at the terminal position.
Compared with the examples, the first comparative example has the same molecular weight and molecular structure design, the molecular weight of the product of the traditional free radical polymerization is greatly different from the design value, the molecular weight distribution is wide, the traditional free radical polymerization is not easy to be made into a regular block structure, and the terminal group modification functionality is not easy to control.
Comparative example No. two
Firstly, two acrylate monomers of MMA and BA are pretreated, and an aluminum peroxide column is used for removing a polymerization inhibitor. According to a molar ratio n (BA): n (Ethylene bis (2-Bromoisobutyrate)): n (pmdeta): n (CuCl): 100: 1: 1.2: 1, sequentially adding all reactants into a 100mL single-neck flask, filling nitrogen for 30min, freezing by using liquid nitrogen, carrying out freezing-vacuumizing-unfreezing 5 times of circulation on a system, sealing, carrying out oil bath reaction at 90 ℃ for 12h, quickly introducing air and reducing the temperature to terminate the reaction to obtain a Br-PBA-Br double-end macroinitiator; taking Br-PBA-Br as an initiator, and similarly, adding the components in a certain molar ratio n (MMA): n (Br-PBA-Br): n (pmdeta): n (cucl) ═ 100: 1: 1.5: 1, synthesizing Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br according to the steps; the compound is prepared by mixing Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br, and n (methyl propenyl trimethoxy silane) in a certain molar ratio: n (Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br): n (pmdeta): n (cucl) ═ 10: 1: 1.5: 1, synthesizing silicon modified polyacrylate according to the steps, carrying out an aluminum peroxide column on a polymerization product obtained by the reaction, removing transition metal ions, and carrying out GPC test. Wherein the number average molecular weight of Br-PBA-Br is 13700 (design value 12800), the molecular weight distribution is 1.26, the number average molecular weight of Br-PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA-Br is 25300 (design value 22800), and the molecular weight distribution is 1.23; the number average molecular weight of the silicon modified polyacrylate is 27400, and the molecular weight distribution is 1.20; the final product had 80% siloxane capping rate by nuclear magnetic analysis.
In the second comparative example, the traditional Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) is adopted to synthesize the block copolymer, the size and the distribution of the molecular weight are ideal, but the reaction conditions are harsh and difficult to control. The terminal group modification is continuously carried out by adopting an ATRP (atom transfer radical polymerization) mode, so that higher silane end-capping rate can be achieved, but compared with the in-situ nucleophilic substitution reaction, the terminal group modification functionality is difficult to control, and the end group of the product obtained by polymerization contains halogen, so that the thermal stability is poor.
Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments.