Preparation of Poly(oxybutyleneoxymaleoyl) Catalyzed by a Proton Exchanged Montmorillonite Clay 英文参考文献.docVIP

Molecules 2004, 9, 968-977 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Preparation of Poly(oxybutyleneoxymaleoyl) Catalyzed by a Proton Exchanged Montmorillonite Clay Mohammed Issam Ferrahi * and Mohammed Belbachir Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Oran Es-Sènia BP N° 1524 El M’Naouar, 31000 Oran, Algeria; Fax: (+213) * To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: mohammed.ferrahi@ Received: 12 July 2004 / Accepted: 6 September 2004 / Published: 30 November 2004 Abstract: The polycondensation of tetrahydrofuran with maleic anhydride catalyzed by Maghnite-H + (Mag-H) was investigated. Maghnite is a montmorillonite sheet silicate clay that is exchanged with protons to produce Maghnite-H [1]. It was found that the + polymerization in bulk is initiated by Mag-H in the presence of acetic anhydride at 40°C. The effects of the amounts of Mag-H and acetic anhydride were studied. The polymerization yield increased as the proportions of catalyst and acetic anhydride were increased. Keywords: Maghnite, maleic anhydride, montmorillonite, tetrahydrofuran. Introduction The use of acid treated clays as a solid source of protons in a number of industrially significant reactions continues to be of interest because they constitute a widely available and inexpensive solid source of protons. They were widely employed as cracking catalysts until the 1960s [2] and are still used currently in industrial processes such as the alkylation of phenols [3] and the dimerization and polymerization of unsaturated hydrocarbons [4]. Montmorillonites have both Br?nsted and Lewis acid sites and when exchanged with cations having a high charge density, such as protons, they produce highly-active catalysts for acid-catalysed reactions [5]. Intercalated organic molecules are mobile and can be highly polarized when located in the space between the charged clay layers. Organ