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H. JAMES HARWOOD, TENG-KO CHEN, and FU-TYAN LIN

Institute of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 Isotactic polystyrene was epimerized to various extents by reaction with KOtBu i n hexamethylphosphoramide solution at 100°. The C-NMR spectra of the epimerized samples and of polystyrene i n 9:1 trichlorobenzene:nitrobenzene-d solution at 150° were recorded and analyzed using stereosequence distributions that were calculated for the samples by Monte Carlo simulation of the epimerization process. Triad, pentad and heptad assignments were developed for the aromatic C-1 carbon resonance patterns and t r i a d assignments previously proposed for the methine carbon resonances of polystyrene were v e r i fied. Based on the assignments developed, the C-NMR spectrum of polystyrene indicates it to be almost a t a c t i c , P(m)=0.45. 13

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P o l y s t y r e n e was one o f t h e f i r s t p o l y m e r s t o be s t u d i e d b y h i g h r e s o l u t i o n NMR s p e c t r o s c o p y C O , b u t i t s s p e c t r a a r e i n c o m p l e t e l y u n d e r s t o o d e v e n t o d a y . The H-NMR s p e c t r a o f p o l y s t y r e n e a r e p o o r l y d e f i n e d ; t h e methine and ortho aromatic p r o t o n s p e c t r a a r e i n f l u e n c e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y by p e n t a d o r l a r g e r s t e r e o s e q u e n c e e f f e c t s but they c o n t a i n o n l y three o r f o u r b r o a d , b a d l y overlapped r e s o n ances. I n c o n t r a s t , t h e C-NMR s p e c t r a o f p o l y s t y r e n e a r e r i c h i n d e t a i l , b e i n g s e n s i t i v e t o hexad and h e p t a d s t e r e o s e q u e n c e effects. S i n c e t h e r e a r e 20 d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e h e x a d c o m b i n a t i o n s and 36 d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e h e p t a d c o m b i n a t i o n s , i t h a s been e x t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t t o a s s i g n t h e v a r i o u s r e s o n a n c e s o b s e r v e d i n t h e C-NMR spectrum o f p o l y s t y r e n e . The d i f f i c u l t y h a s b e e n compounded b y the f a c t t h a t f r e e r a d i c a l i n i t i a t e d p o l y m e r i z a t i o n s o f s t y r e n e y i e l d p o l y m e r h a v i n g t h e same m i c r o s t r u c t u r e , r e g a r d l e s s o f p o l y m e r i z a t i o n t e m p e r a t u r e . Many i o n i c p o l y m e r i z a t i o n s o f s t y r e n e a l s o y i e l d p o l y m e r s t h a t have t h e same m i c r o s t r u c t u r e a s t h o s e p r e p a r e d 1

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Current address: Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. 0097 6156/84/0247 0197$07.50/0 © 1984 American Chemical Society Randall; NMR and Macromolecules ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1984.


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by f r e e r a d i c a l p o l y m e r i z a t i o n . Thus, i t has not been p o s s i b l e t o p r e p a r e , by d i r e c t p o l y m e r i z a t i o n , a s e r i e s o f p o l y s t y r e n e s a m p l e s h a v i n g m i c r o s t r u c t u r e s t h a t v a r i e d i n some r a t i o n a l way. Studies on t h e s p e c t r a o f s u c h s a m p l e s , i n w h i c h t h e i n t e n s i t i e s o f t h e v a r i o u s s i g n a l s w o u l d v a r y as t h e p o l y m e r s t r u c t u r e c h a n g e d , w o u l d have been v e r y u s e f u l f o r making resonance a s s i g n m e n t s . Cationic and some a n i o n i c p o l y m e r i z a t i o n s o f s t y r e n e h a v e y i e l d e d p o l y m e r s t h a t have s p e c t r a t h a t d i f f e r from the spectrum of f r e e r a d i c a l p o l y m e r i z e d p o l y s t y r e n e ( 2 - _ 3 ) . However, t h e u s e f u l n e s s o f s u c h s a m p l e s was dampened by t h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t s i d e r e a c t i o n s accomp a n i e d t h e c a t i o n i c p o l y m e r i z a t i o n s and by t h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t m u l t i - s t a t e p r o p a g a t i o n mechanisms w e r e i n v o l v e d i n some o f t h e anionic polymerization reactions. Our r e c e n t u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e NMR s p e c t r a and s t r u c t u r e o f p o l y s t y r e n e i s b a s e d on t h e r e s u l t s o f model compound s t u d i e s ( 4 - 1 1 ) , t h e o r e t i c a l c a l c u l a t i o n s ( 1 2 - 1 4 ) , s t u d i e s on p o l y s t y r e n e d e r i v a t i v e s (15) and a n a l o g u e s ( 1 6 ^ ) , s t u d i e s on t h e NMR s p e c t r a o f e p i m e r i z e d i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e s a m p l e s ( 1 7 - 1 9 ) and on r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d u s i n g other approaches(20-22). The m o d e l compound a p p r o a c h , e x e m p l i f i e d by t h e e x c e l l e n t p a p e r c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s v o l u m e ( 1 1 ) , i n v o l v e d i s o l a t i n g p o l y s t y r e n e o l i g o m e r s o f known c o n f i g u r a t i o n and r e c o r d i n g t h e i r NMR s p e c t r a . C h e m i c a l s h i f t a s s i g n m e n t s made f o r t h e o l i g o mers a r e t h e n u s e d i n m a k i n g a s s i g n m e n t s f o r p o l y s t y r e n e . This a p p r o a c h r e q u i r e s t h a t a l a r g e number o f d i f f e r e n t o l i g o m e r s be s e p a r a t e d and s t u d i e d i f a s s i g n m e n t s a r e t o be made a t p e n t a d o r h i g h e r l e v e l s and c a r e must be t a k e n t o d e s i g n t h e o l i g o m e r s so t h a t t h e y a d o p t c o n f o r m a t i o n s s i m i l a r t o t h o s e a d o p t e d by t h e p o l y m e r . T h i s t e d i o u s a p p r o a c h has b e e n v e r y f r u i t f u l and rewarding(11). E p i m e r i z a t i o n of s t e r e o r e g u l a r polymers(17-19,23-33) p r o v i d e s a way t o o b t a i n p o l y m e r s h a v i n g c o n t r o l l e d s e q u e n c e d i s t r i b u t i o n s . The p r o d u c t s o f p o l y m e r e p i m e r i z a t i o n r e a c t i o n s can be u s e f u l f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g NMR a s s i g n m e n t s b e c a u s e t h e i r s t r u c t u r e s can be c a l c u l a t e d by s i m u l a t i n g t h e e p i m e r i z a t i o n p r o c e s s . They c a n t h u s serve as models f o r s t r u c t u r e assignment purposes. A l t h o u g h f r e e r a d i c a l c h e m i s t r y h a s b e e n u s e d f o r some p o l y m e r e p i m e r i z a t i o n experiments(30), s t r o n g bases are g e n e r a l l y used to epimerize p o l ymers. S h e p h e r d ( 3 4 ) , made a m a j o r c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e s t u d y o f p o l y s t y r e n e s t r u c t u r e by s h o w i n g t h a t i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e c o u l d be e p i m e r i z e d by p o t a s s i u m t - b u t o x i d e i n h e x a m e t h y l p h o s p h o r a m i d e s o l u t i o n at m i l d temperatures. T h i s p r o c e s s c a n be e n v i s i o n e d a s shown by t h e e q u a t i o n s g i v e n on t h e f o l l o w i n g page. These e q u a t i o n s show how a mmmm s e q u e n c e i n p o l y s t y r e n e c a n be c o n v e r t e d i n t o a mrrm s e q u e n c e by a s i m p l e e p i m e r i z a t i o n event. Should the c o n f i g u r a t i o n of the f o u r t h carbon from the l e f t i n t h e l a s t s t r u c t u r e a l s o be a l t e r e d , a rmrm p e n t a d w o u l d result. T h u s , by a s e r i e s o f e p i m e r i z a t i o n s t e p s i t i s p o s s i b l e t o change i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e g r a d u a l l y i n t o a p o l y m e r t h a t e x h i b i t s t h e same NMR s p e c t r a a s t h e p o l y s t y r e n e t h a t was p r e p a r e d by f r e e r a d i c a l p o l y m e r i z a t i o n ( 1 7 - 1 9 ) . A Monte C a r l o p r o g r a m h a s

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Experimental Isotactic Polystyrene. I s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e was p r e p a r e d by h e a t i n g a 1 0 % s o l u t i o n o f s t y r e n e i n b e n z e n e a t 60° f o r 24 h o u r s i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f a c a t a l y s t p r e p a r e d i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f monomer f r o m e q u i m o l a r amounts o f ( h e p t a n e s o l u t i o n ) a n d T1CI3-AA (heptane suspension). The r e a c t i o n m i x t u r e was d i l u t e d w i t h b e n zene a n d p o u r e d i n t o a n e x c e s s o f i s o p r o p a n o l . The r e s u l t i n g p r e c i p i t a t e was d i s s o l v e d i n warm m e t h y l e n e c h l o r i d e . The s o l u t i o n was f i l t e r e d a n d added t o h o t m e t h y l e t h y l k e t o n e . The s o l u t i o n was c o n c e n t r a t e d a n d c o o l e d t o o b t a i n t h e i s o t a c t i c p o l y m e r i n t h e f o r m o f a w h i t e powder t h a t was washed w i t h m e t h y l e t h y l k e t o n e and d r i e d u n d e r vacuum. F i n a l p u r i f i c a t i o n was a c h i e v e d b y r e p r e c i p i t a t i o n o f the polymer from benzene s o l u t i o n i n t o methanol, f o l l o w e d b y d r y i n g a t 60° u n d e r vacuum.


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E p i m e r i z a t i o n Procedure. P o t a s s i u m t - b u t o x i d e t h a t had been heated u n d e r vacuum a t 130°C f o r t h r e e h o u r s a n d h e x a m e t h y I p h o s p h o r a m i d e t h a t h a d been d r i e d o v e r C a H a t 60° f o r 24 h o u r s a n d t h e n d i s t i l l e d from L i A l H i * under reduced p r e s s u r e were used. S o l u t i o n s cont a i n i n g 10g. i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e a n d 56g. (0.5 m o l e ) KOtBu p e r l i t e r o f hexamethyIphosphoramide ( C a u t i o n - suspected carcinogen) w e r e p r e p a r e d u n d e r n i t r o g e n a n d were h e a t e d a t 100°C f o r p e r i o d s t h a t r a n g e d f r o m 1 t o 20 h o u r s . The r e a c t i o n m i x t u r e s w e r e i n i t i a l l y p i n k and u l t i m a t e l y developed a v i o l e t c o l o r t h a t i n t e n s i f i e d w i t h r e a c t i o n time. The r e a c t i o n m i x t u r e s w e r e p o u r e d i n t o m e t h a n o l t o i s o l a t e t h e p o l y m e r s . These w e r e r e p r e c i p i t a t e d f r o m b e n z e n e s o l u t i o n i n t o m e t h a n o l and were d r i e d u n d e r vacuum a t 40°C. The u s e o f t e m p e r a t u r e s h i g h e r t h a n 100°C c a u s e s e x t e n s i v e m o l e c u l a r w e i g h t r e d u c t i o n . The s a m p l e s employed i n t h i s s t u d y a r e t h e same o n e s u s e d i n o u r p r e v i o u s C-NMR s t u d i e s . NMR M e a s u r e m e n t s . In a l l cases, ten percent s o l u t i o n s of the p o l y s t y r e n e s a m p l e s d i s s o l v e d i n a 9:1 1 , 2 , 4 - t r i c h l o r o b e n z e n e m i t r o b e n z e n e - d m i x t u r e were u s e d f o r t h e NMR s t u d i e s . 75 MHz C-NMR """H-decoupled s p e c t r a o f t h e e p i m e r i z e d p o l y s t y r e n e s a m p l e s w e r e r e c o r d e d a t 150-160° u s i n g a B r u k e r WH-300 NMR S p e c t r o m e t e r . A 70° p u l s e w i d t h , a n a c q u i s i t i o n t i m e o f 0.82 s e c o n d s w i t h a 16K d a t a s i z e , a n d a p u l s e d e l a y o f 0.1 s e c o n d w e r e e m p l o y e d . The number o f t r a n s i e n t s c o l l e c t e d v a r i e d f r o m 3000 t o 10,000 a n d t h e d a t a w e r e p r o c e s s e d w i t h a l i n e b r o a d e n i n g o f 0.8-1.0 Hz. A T s t u d y done on t h e a r o m a t i c C - l a n d a l i p h a t i c c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e s o f p o l y s t y r e n e a t 200°C, u s i n g a V a r i a n XL-400 NMR S p e c t r o m e t e r , r e v e a l e d t h a t w i t h i n e x p e r i m e n t a l e r r o r t h e i n d i v i d u a l components o f t h e s e r e s o n a n c e p a t t e r n s h a d t h e same r e l a x a t i o n t i m e ( 3 5 ) . This i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e c o n d i t i o n s d e s c r i b e d above a r e a p p r o p r i a t e f o r o b t a i n i n g resonance p a t t e r n s t h a t c o u l d be a n a l y z e d q u a n t i t a t i v e l y . R e s o n a n c e a r e a measurements were made b y c u t t i n g a n d w e i g h i n g s p e c t r a t r a c i n g s . S p e c t r a s i m u l a t i o n s w e r e done u s i n g a Calcomp p l o t t e r w i t h t h e a i d o f a p r o g r a m w r i t t e n by D r . B.L. B r u n e r o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f Kentucky, u s i n g stereosequence d i s t r i b u t i o n s c a l c u l a t e d f o r t h e p o l y m e r s b y Monte C a r l o s i m u l a t i o n s o f t h e e p i m e r i 2

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z a t i o n p r o c e s s and u s i n g c h e m i c a l s h i f t s o b t a i n e d by methods t o be d e s c r i b e d l a t e r i n t h i s p a p e r . A l i n e shape t h a t was a c o m b i n a t i o n o f L o r e n t i z i a n and G a u s s i a n f u n c t i o n s was assumed f o r e a c h line. T h i s combined f u n c t i o n h a s worked w e l l i n o u r p r e v i o u s s i m u l a t i o n s t u d i e s . A c o n s t a n t l i n e - w i d t h was u s e d f o r a l l l i n e s w i t h i n a g i v e n spectrum. Monte C a r l o S i m u l a t i o n s . The e p i m e r i z a t i o n r e a c t i o n was s i m u l a t e d u s i n g t h e Monte C a r l o p r o g r a m we d e s c r i b e d e a r l i e r ( 1 7 ) . A 5000 e l e m e n t a r r a y was a l l o c a t e d t o s t o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n s o f monomer u n i t s a t v a r i o u s p o s i t i o n s i n a 5000 u n i t p o l y mer c h a i n . The p o s i t i o n s w e r e i n d e x e d i n s u c h a way t h a t t h e p o l y m e r c o u l d be c o n s i d e r e d c y c l i c . T h i s was done t o a v o i d e n d group e f f e c t s . The c o n f i g u r a t i o n s ( R o r S) a t i n d i v i d u a l s i t e s w e r e i n d i c a t e d by 0 o r 1 v a l u e s . The p o l y m e r c h a i n was made i s o t a c t i c b y g i v i n g a l l e l e m e n t s o f t h e a r r a y i n i t i a l v a l u e s o f 0. The c h a i n was t h e n " e p i m e r i z e d " b y c o n d u c t i n g a s e r i e s o f " e p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t s , " each o f which i n v o l v e d t h e f o l l o w i n g s t e p s ; 1.

A s i t e o n t h e c h a i n was s e l e c t e d t o e x p e r i e n c e a n e p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t b y c a l l i n g a random number t h a t r a n g e d f r o m 1 t o 5000. 2. The s t r u c t u r e o f t h e s i t e s e l e c t e d , i n c l u d i n g s t r u c t u r e s o f n e a r e s t n e i g h b o r s was t h e n d e t e r m i n e d . The p o s s i b l e s t r u c t u r e s w e r e 0 0 0 , 0 0 1 , 1 0 1 , 1 1 0 , 011 a n d 1 1 1 . 3. D e p e n d i n g on t h e s t r u c t u r e f o u n d , a p r o b a b i l i t y ( P ) t h a t t h e s i t e s e l e c t e d would have c o n f i g u r a t i o n 1 a t t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e e p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t was e s t a b l i s h e d b y u s e o f T a b l e I . The V v a l u e i n t h i s t a b l e (R i n p r e v i o u s p a p e r s ) h a s a range o f 0 - 1 and i s t h e o n l y parameter r e q u i r e d f o r t h e simulation. 4. A s e c o n d random number h a v i n g a r a n g e o f 0 - 1 was t h e n c a l l e d a n d compared t o P. When t h i s number was l e s s t h a n o r e q u a l t o Ρ, t h e a r r a y e l e m e n t r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e s i t e was g i v e n a v a l u e o f 1. O t h e r w i s e i t was g i v e n a v a l u e o f 0. 5. An e p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t c o u n t e r was t h e n i n c r e m e n t e d and compared t o a n o u t p u t s c h e d u l e . I f o u t p u t was d e s i r e d a f t e r t h i s e v e n t , t h e c h a i n ( a r r a y ) was analyzed f o r a l l p o s s i b l e dyad, t r i a d , t e t r a d , p e n t a d , hexad and heptad s t e r e o s e q u e n c e s and t h e r e s u l t s were s t o r e d . E p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t s were r e p e a t e d u n t i l t h e c h a i n r e a c h e d equilibrium. The c a l c u l a t i o n was r e p e a t e d t e n t i m e s a n d t h e s t e r e o s e q u e n c e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s e v a l u a t e d a f t e r s p e c i f i e d numbers o f e p i m e r i z a t i o n e v e n t s w e r e t h e n a v e r a g e d , p r i n t e d a n d punched f o r use i n s p e c t r a s i m u l a t i o n s . I n r e l a t i n g Monte C a r l o and e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s , t h e v a l u e o f t h e e p i m e r i z a t i o n event counter can be used a s a q u a n t i t y t h a t i s


202

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T a b l e 1:

P r o b a b i l i t i e s That t h e S e l e c t e d S i t e Has C o n f i g u r a t i o n 1 a t The End o f a n E p i m e r i z a t i o n E v e n t S t r u c t u r e Found 000 o r 100 101 111 o r 011 010

001

110


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P r o b a b i l i t y (P) V 0.5 1-V 1-V 0.5 V

p r o p o r t i o n a l t o time i n a c t u a l e p i m e r i z a t i o n experiments. In the p r e s e n t s t u d y , h o w e v e r , Monte C a r l o r e s u l t s w e r e c o r r e l a t e d w i t h e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s by m a t c h i n g mm-contents c a l c u l a t e d b y t h e Monte C a r l o method t o mm-contents e v a l u a t e d f r o m t h e 300 MHz meth ine proton resonances of the polymers. Two d i f f e r e n t V v a l u e s w e r e u s e d f o r t h e Monte C a r l o c a l c u l a tions. A v a l u e o f 0.5 was u s e d t o p r e d i c t t h e e f f e c t o f a com p l e t e l y random e p i m e r i z a t i o n p r o c e s s t h a t y i e l d s a p e r f e c t l y a t a c t i c p o l y m e r when e q u i l i b r a t i o n i s c o m p l e t e . Our p r e v i o u s work employed a V v a l u e o f 0.65 a n d t h i s was a l s o u s e d h e r e . The 0.65 v a l u e , w h i c h y i e l d s a s i i g h t l y s y n d i o t a c t i c p o l y m e r (P(m)=0.43), was s e l e c t e d i n i t i a l l y b e c a u s e i t p r e d i c t s a r r - c o n t e n t f o r t h e completely e q u i l i b r a t e d polymer that agrees w i t h t h e o r e t i c a l pre d i c t i o n s o f F l o r y and W i l l j a m s ( 3 6 ) . R e s u l t s and D i s c u s s i o n A r o m a t i c C - l R e s o n a n c e . F i g u r e s 1-6 show a r o m a t i c C - l c a r b o n r e sonance p a t t e r n s o b s e r v e d f o r v a r i o u s e p i m e r i z e d i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e s a m p l e s . The p a t t e r n s a r e e a s i l y d i v i d e d i n t o s i x r e s o n a n c e a r e a s , t h a t a r e d e s i g n a t e d A-F i n o r d e r o f i n c r e a s i n g f i e l d . A r e a s A, C a n d Ε a r e c l e a r i n t h e s e F i g u r e s w h i l e a r e a s B, D a n d F a r e cross-hatched. Except f o r the resonance p a t t e r n observed f o r atac t i c p o l y s t y r e n e ( F i g u r e 6 ) , t h e resonances appear t o be a s s i g n a b l e as f o l l o w s : A - mmmm Β - (mmmr + rmmm) C - rmmr D - (mmrr 4- rrmm) + (mmrm + mrmm) Ε - (rmrm + mrmr) + ( r m r r + r r m r ) F - rr T h u s , t r i a d s e q u e n c e d i s t r i b u t i o n s c a n b e measured b y c o m b i n i n g t h e s e f r a c t i o n a l r e s o n a n c e a r e a s : mm=A+B+C; (mr+rm)=D+E; r r = F . I n t h e c a s e o f t h e a t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e p a t t e r n ( F i g u r e 6) t h e demar c a t i o n between t h e D and Ε a r e a s i s n o t c l e a r and i t i s e a s i e r t o d i s t i n g u i s h D a n d Ε a r e a s t h a t may b e a s s i g n e d a s f o l l o w s : f

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13.

147

145

146 ôc(ppm)

F i g u r e 1.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l Carbon Resonance P a t t e r n o f an E p i m e r i z e d Isot a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Sample H a v i n g a mm-Content of 0.70.


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F i g u r e 2.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l C a r bon R e s o n a n c e P a t t e r n o f a n E p i m e r i z e d I s o t a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Sample H a v i n g a mm-Content o f 0.59.





13.

F i g u r e 3.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l C a r bon R e s o n a n c e P a t t e r n o f a n E p i m e r i z e d I s o t a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Sample H a v i n g a mm-Content o f 0 . 5 5 .


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F i g u r e 4.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l C a r bon R e s o n a n c e P a t t e r n o f an E p i m e r i z e d I s o t a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Sample H a v i n g a mm-Content o f 0.41.




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B

O

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F i g u r e 5.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l C a r bon R e s o n a n c e P a t t e r n o f an E p i m e r i z e d I s o t a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Sample H a v i n g a mm-Content of 0.34.


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F i g u r e 6.

O b s e r v e d and S i m u l a t e d 75 MHz A r o m a t i c C - l C a r b o n R e s o n a n c e P a t t e r n o f P o l y s t y r e n e (mm M3.20).


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D Ε

1

1

209

- (mmrr + rrmm) - (mmrm + mrmm) + (rmrm + mrmr) + (rmrr + rrmr).

In e v a l u a t i n g t r i a d stereosequence d i s t r i b u t i o n s f o r a t a c t i c p o l y styrene, then, the f o l l o w i n g combinations of f r a c t i o n a l resonance a r e a s c a n b e u s e d : mm=A+B+C, (mr+rm)=D'+Ε'; r r - F . T a b l e I I com pares t r i a d stereosequence d i s t r i b u t i o n s evaluated a s described above w i t h v a l u e s c a l c u l a t e d f o r t h e p o l y m e r s b y Monte C a r l o s i m u l a t i o n o f t h e e p i m e r i z a t i o n p r o c e s s . C a l c u l a t e d r e s u l t s b a s e d on V v a l u e s o f 0.50 a n d 0.65 a r e p r o v i d e d f o r c o m p a r i s o n . T h e r e i s l i t t l e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n c a l c u l a t e d r e s u l t s b a s e d o n V=0.50 o r 0.65 when mm>0.35, b u t when mm A r r r > Amrm. F i g u r e 9 may h e l p t o i l l u s t r a t e t h i s a p p r o a c h . Once a l l s e v e n A x y z p a r a m e t e r s h a v e b e e n e v a l u a t e d , c h e m i c a l s h i f t s f o r t h e r e m a i n i n g 21 h e p t a d s c a n b e c a l c u l a t e d and u s e d f o r s i m u l a t i n g the s p e c t r a o f polymers epimerized t o h i g h e r e x t e n t s , as w e l l a s t h e s p e c t r u m o f p o l y s t y r e n e . M i n o r a d j u s t m e n t s c a n t h e n b e made i n c a l c u l a t e d c h e m i c a l s h i f t s t o f i l l i n o r deepen v a l l e y s o r t o e l i m i n a t e d i s t o r t i o n s caused by c o i n c i d e n c e s o f c a l culated chemical s h i f t s . T h i s approach worked r e a s o n a b l y success f u l l y when a p p l i e d t o q u a t e r n a r y a r o m a t i c c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e s o b s e r ved f o r e p i m e r i z e d i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e s a s measured a t 20 MHz and room t e m p e r a t u r e ( 1 9 ) . I t proved n e c e s s a r y , however, t o s h i f t heptads c o n t a i n i n g a c e n t r a l rmrr (or rrmr) pentad u p f i e l d by 0.256 ppm t o o b t a i n good a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n o b s e r v e d and s i m u l a t e d s p e c t r a . T h i s s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e s h i e l d i n g e x p e r i e n c e d by a n u c l e u s f r o m one d i r e c t i o n o f t h e p o l y m e r c h a i n may n o t b e e n t i r e l y i n d e pendent o f t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e c h a i n t h a t proceeds i n the opposite d i r e c t i o n . T h i s same g e n e r a l a p p r o a c h was u s e d i n t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y t o d e v e l o p A x y z v a l u e s f o r p o l y s t y r e n e s p e c t r a r e c o r d e d a t 150°. The values o b t a i n e d , together w i t h those developed p r e v i o u s l y f o r s p e c t r a r e c o r d e d a t room temper a ture(]L9) a r e g i v e n i n T a b l e V. The most s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e two s e t s o f v a l u e s i s the dramatic i n c r e a s e i n A r r r w i t h an i n c r e a s e i n temperature. S i n c e Armm, A r r m , Armr and A r r r a l l h a v e s i m i l a r and l a r g e n e g a t i v e v a l u e s compared t o t h e o t h e r A x y z v a l u e s a t 150°, i t i s u n d e r s t a n d able t h a t p o l y s t y r e n e s p e c t r a recorded a t h i g h temperature can p r o v i d e r e l i a b l e measures o f r r - t r i a d c o n c e n t r a t i o n s . M i n o r a d j u s t m e n t s were made i n c h e m i c a l sh i f t s c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g Axyz v a l u e s t o improve the q u a l i t y o f f i t between s i m u l a t e d and o b s e r v e d s p e c t r a . The h e p t a d c h e m i c a l s h i f t s u s e d t o s i m u l a t e




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the s p e c t r a a r e g i v e n i n Table V I , along w i t h those c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g t h e p a r a m e t e r s l i s t e d i n T a b l e V. T a b l e V I a l s o compares the r e l a t i v e order o f these heptad resonance assignments w i t h t h e r e l a t i v e order o f methyl carbon heptad resonances c a l c u l a t e d f o r p o l y p r o p y l e n e by S c h i l l i n g a n d T o n e l l i ( 3 7 ) , u s i n g t h e r o t a t i o n a l i s o m e r i c s t a t e m o d e l . The c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e two s e t s o f a s s i g n m e n t s i s s u r p r i s i n g l y good. A l t h o u g h some a r o m a t i c C - l c a r bon p e n t a d r e s o n a n c e p a t t e r n s o v e r l a p i n t h e p o l y s t y r e n e s p e c t r a , the r e l a t i v e o r d e r i n g o f the pentad resonance p a t t e r n s e x a c t l y matches t h a t o f t h e methyl carbon pentad resonances o f p o l y p r o p y l e n e , a s c a l c u l a t e d b y S c h i l l i n g a n d T o n e l l i ( 3 7 ) [mmmm, (mmmr + rmmm), rmmr, (mmrr + rrmm), (mmrm + mrmm), ( r m r r + r r m r ) , (rmrm + mrmr), r r r r , ( m r r r + r r r m ) , mrrm, i n o r d e r o f i n c r e a s i n g f i e l d ] . T h i s o r d e r i n g i s a l s o i n agreement w i t h t h e a s s i g n m e n t s d e v e l o p e d f o r t h e a r o m a t i c C - l r e s o n a n c e s o f p o l y s t y r e n e by S a t o a n d Tanaka (11). I t i s i n o n l y f a i r agreement w i t h o r d e r i n g b a s e d on T o n e l l i s recent c a l c u l a t i o n s f o r p o l y s t y r e n e ( 3 8 ) , which, i n con t r a s t t o t h e p o l y p r o p y l e n e c a l c u l a t i o n s ( 3 7 ) , t e n d t o group t h e l i n e s i n t o f o u r g e n e r a l a r e a s . R e s o n a n c e s o f mm-centered p e n t a d s a r e c a l c u l a t e d t o o c c u r i n t h r e e o f t h e s e a r e a s a n d t h e r e i s more e x t e n s i v e o v e r l a p p i n g o f mm- and ( m r + r m ) - c e n t e r e d p e n t a d r e s o n a n c e r e g i o n s t h a n seems r e a s o n a b l e b a s e d on o u r s i m u l a t i o n s t u d i e s . F i g u r e s 1 - 6 compare o b s e r v e d a r o m a t i c C - l c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e s p e c t r a w i t h s i m u l a t e d s p e c t r a based on t h e heptad c h e m i c a l s h i f t s g i v e n i n T a b l e V I and on heptad stereosequence c o n c e n t r a t i o n s c a l c u l a t e d by Monte C a r l o s i m u l a t i o n o f t h e e p i m e r i z a t i o n p r o c e s s , u s i n g V=0.65. The s i m u l a t i o n s p e c t r a r e p r o d u c e t h e g e n e r a l f e a t u r e s o f t h e o b s e r v e d s p e c t r a v e r y w e l l a n d c a n be c o n s i d e r e d t o be i n a t l e a s t s e m i - q u a n t i t a t i v e agreement w i t h t h e o b s e r v e d s p e c tra. The agreement b e t w e e n o b s e r v e d and s i m u l a t e d s p e c t r a m i g h t be i m p r o v e d i f s p e c t r a w i t h h i g h e r S/N r a t i o s were employed a n d i f a d d i t i o n a l p a r a m e t e r a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e made. I t seems, h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e h e p t a d a s s i g n m e n t s d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s work a r e r e a s o n a b l y correct. f


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Table V I . Heptad Assignments f o r A r o m a t i c C - l Carbon Resonances of P o l y s t y r e n e Heptad

6 (Calc) c

Polypropylene C


3

b

mmmmmm rmmmmm + mmmmmr rmmmmr

146.40 146.32 146.25

146.40 146.32 146.25

l 2 3

l 2 3

1 2 3

+ + + +

mmmmrm rmmmrm mmmmrr rmmmrr

146.13 146.06 146.20 146.13

146.13 146.06 146.20 146.18

6 7 4 5

9 11-13 7,8 10

5 7 4 6

mrmmrm rrmmrm + mrmmrr rrmmrr

145.87 145.94 146.01

145.91 145.92 146.01

10 9 8

18 17 16

10,11 9 8

mmmrrm rmmrrm mmmrrr rmmrrr

+ + + +

mrrmmm mrrmmr rrrmmm rrrmmr

145.76 145.69 145.78 145.71

145.77 145.70 145.85 145.76

12 14 11 13

11-13 14,15 11-13 14,15

mmmrmm rmmrmm mmmrmr rmmrmr

+ + + +

mmrmmm mmrmmr rmrmmm rmr mmr

145.67 145.59 145.74 145.66

145.67 145.60 145.74 145.63

16 18 15 17

5 7,8 4 6

16 18 15 17

mrmrmm rrmrmm mrmrmr rrmrmr

+ + + +

mmrmrm mmrmrr rmr mrm rmrmrr

145.41 145.48 145.47 145.54

145.36 145.41 145.50 145.53

25 24 20 19

22 20,21 20,21 19

26 24 25 23

mrmrrm rrmrrm mrmrrr rrmrrr

+ + + +

mrrmrm mrrmrr rrrmrm rrrmrr

145.39 145.46 145.41 145.48

145.35 145.45 145.43 145.48

26 22 23 21

26 23,24 25 23,24

21 19 22 20

mrrrrm rrrrrm + mrrrrr rrrrrr

145.13 145.15 145.17

145.27 145.15 145.20

27 29 28

27 28 29

27 28 29

+ + + +

mmrrrm mmrrrr rmrrrm rmr r r r

145.04 145.06 145.10 145.12

145.07 145.06 145.11 145.12

32 34 31 30

32 33 31 30

32 33 30 31

mmrrmm rmrrmm + mmr rmr rmr rmr

144.94 145.01 145.07

144.94 145.00 145.08

36 35 33

36 35 34

36 35 34

mrmmmm mrmmmr rrmmmm rrmmmr

mrrrmm rrrrmm mrrrmr rrrrmr

a

b

10,11 13 12 14

(a) B a s e d o n l i n e s u s e d f o r s i m u l a t i o n s shown i n F i g u r e s 1-6. (b) B a s e d o n c a l c u l a t i o n s o f T o n e l l i ( 3 8 ) . (c) Based on c a l c u l a t i o n s o f T o n e l l i and S c h i l l i n g ( 3 7 ) .


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S p e c t r a s i m u l a t i o n s b a s e d on s t e r e o s e q u e n c e distributions c a l c u l a t e d f o r t h e p o l y m e r s u s i n g V=0.50 a l s o matched t h e e x p e r i mental s p e c t r a very w e l l , except f o r p o l y s t y r e n e ( o r the completely epimerized polymer). I t was n o t p o s s i b l e t o d e v e l o p h e p t a d r e s o n ance a s s i g n m e n t s t h a t a f f o r d e d u n i f o r m agreement b e t w e e n o b s e r v e d and s i m u l a t e d s p e c t r a f o r a l l t h e s a m p l e s s t u d i e d when s t e r e o s e quence d i s t r i b u t i o n s b a s e d on V=0.50 w e r e u s e d . Since resonance a s s i g n m e n t s c a n be made u s i n g e p i m e r i z e d p o l y m e r s w i t h h i g h mm c o n t e n t s u s i n g s t e r e o s e q u e n c e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s b a s e d on e i t h e r V=0.50 o r V=0.65, t h e s e a s s i g n m e n t s c o u l d be u s e d t o d e t e r m i n e what V v a l u e was a p p r o p r i a t e f o r p o l y s t y r e n e ( o r t h e c o m p l e t e l y e p i m e r i z e d polymer). V v a l u e s r a n g i n g f r o m 0.62 t o 0.65 a f f o r d e d good a g r e e ment b e t w e e n s i m u l a t e d and o b s e r v e d s p e c t r a o f p o l y s t y r e n e . Assuming B e r n o u l l i a n s t a t i s t i c s , ν=(1-σ) /σ , where σ i s t h e p r o b a b i l i t y o f a meso p l a c e m e n t i n t h e c o m p l e t e l y e q u i l i b r a t e d p o l y m e r ( o r i n p o l y s t y r e n e ) . V v a l u e s o f 0.62-0.65 t h u s i m p l y t h a t p o l y s t y r e n e c a n be c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a σ v a l u e o f 0.44. One d i s t u r b i n g a s p e c t o f t h i s p o r t i o n o f t h e s t u d y i s t h e f a c t t h a t t h e mmrrmm s i g n a l ( 6 = v L 4 5 . 3 ppm) i s n o t a s i n t e n s e i n some o b s e r v e d s p e c t r a ( F i g u r e s 1-4) a s i t s h o u l d be b a s e d on s i m u l a t i o n and on a r g u m e n t s p r e s e n t e d e a r l i e r i n t h i s p a p e r . T h i s may i n d i c a t e an i n f l u e n c e o f n o n a d s , o r a d i m i n i s h e d s e n s i t i v i t y o f c a r b o n s i n t h i s e n v i r o n m e n t due t o r e l a x a t i o n t i m e o r NOE d i f f e r ences. A d d i t i o n a l study of t h i s p o i n t i s merited. M e t h y l e n e and M e t h i n e C a r b o n R e s o n a n c e s . F i g u r e 10 compares t h e m e t h y l e n e and m e t h i n e c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e p a t t e r n s o b s e r v e d f o r p o l y s t y r e n e and t h e e p i m e r i z e d p o l y m e r s . The m e t h y l e n e c a r b o n s p e c t r a are too noisy t o j u s t i f y q u a n t i t a t i v e study. An a n a l y s i s o f s p e c t r a r e c o r d e d u s i n g a l a r g e r number o f FID a c c u m u l a t i o n s w i l l be reported subsequently. However, t h e p a t t e r n s o b s e r v e d a r e q u a l i t a t i v e l y s i m i l a r t o those d i s c u s s e d e a r l i e r t h a t were r e c o r d e d w i t h a 20 MHz s p e c t r o m e t e r ( 1 8 ) . The m e t h i n e c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e p a t t e r n s o c c u r r e d o v e r a s m a l l c h e m i c a l s h i f t r a n g e a n d were t h e r e f o r e adequately d e f i n e d f o r q u a n t i t a t i v e study. We r e p o r t e d p r e v i o u s l y that the methine carbon resonance of these polymers occurs i n two g e n e r a l a r e a s a n d a s s i g n e d t h e l o w e r f i e l d a r e a t o m m - t r i a d s . F i g u r e 11 compares t h e p r o p o r t i o n o f m e t h i n e c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e o b s e r v e d i n t h i s l o w e r a r e a w i t h mm-contents m e a s u r e d f o r t h e p o l y mers f r o m t h e i r m e t h i n e p r o t o n r e s o n a n c e p a t t e r n s . I t c a n be s e e n t h a t t h e r e i s a 1:1 c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e s e two q u a n t i t i e s , t h u s p r o v i n g t h a t t h e l o w e r f i e l d m e t h i n e c a r b o n r e s o n a n c e i s due to mm-triads. 2

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Conclusions Although the aromatic C - l carbon resonance of p o l y s t y r e n e i s very complex, r e l a t i v e l y simple aromatic C - l carbon resonance s p e c t r a are observed f o r p a r t i a l l y epimerized i s o t a c t i c p o l y s t y r e n e s . S t u d i e s on s u c h "model p o l y s t y r e n e s " p r o v i d e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n needed to i n t e r p r e t t h e spectrum o f p o l y s t y r e n e i t s e l f . B a s e d on a s s i g n -





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75 MHz M e t h y l e n e and M e t h i n e C a r b o n R e s o n a n c e o f P o l y s t y r e n e and o f E p i m e r i z e d I s o t a c t i c P o l y s t y r e n e Samples.


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merits made i n t h i s p a p e r a n d i n o t h e r s i n t h i s s e r i e s , t h e H and C-NMR s p e c t r a o f p o l y s t y r e n e i n d i c a t e t h a t i t c a n be c h a r a c t e r i z e d by a σ v a l u e o f ^ 0 . 4 5 . 13

A c k n o w l e dgment s T h i s s t u d y was s u p p o r t e d i n p a r t b y a g r a n t f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n (DMA-80-10709).

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