Copolymerization of vinyl acetate with maleic anhydride in 1-dodecanethiol, carbon tetrachloride or benzene in the presence of α, α'-azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator afforded cotelamer LS, cotelomer C, end copolymer P, respectively, as shown below.
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R=C
12H
25S, W=H (LS-series), R=CC
l3, W=CI
(C-series) and R, W : unknown (P-series)
These cotelomers and copolymers were treated with aqueous sodium hydroxide, ammonia or
n-dodecylamine to give corresponding cotelomeric or copolymeric surfactants having OH, C0
2Na, CO
2Na, or CONHC
12H
25 functions :
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c=
d=0 (S-derivatives), c≠0, d=0 (A-derivatives) and c≠0, d≠0 (D-derivatives)
Their structures were deduced from the molecular weight measurements, elemental analyses, and IR spectra. They showed surface active properties as follows.
1) The surface tension of LS-S as well as LS-A were 4043 dyn/cm at pH 1.
2) The cmc of LS-S was correlated with the degree of polymerization (
Pn) by cmc=0.16
Pn -0.4 (at
Pn=9.828.6).
3) LS-D had cmc of 10
-2 wt% in the neutral pH range.
4) LS-S showed CaCO
3 dispersion ability of ca. 75% at the concentration of 10
-3 wt%.
5) S and A derivatives in the LS, C and P series formed water insoluble complexes with Hg
2+ and Fe
3+ at pH 1 as well as with Pb
2+ at pH 3, while D-derivatives formed water insoluble complexes at pH 3 with various metal ions except Fe
3+.
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