ABSTRACT:Radical polymerizations of vinyl monomer in which vinyl group directly bind to a tetraphenyl porphyrin (TPP) moiety, 5-(4-vinylphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin (VTPP), were investigated. Homopolymerization occurred and high-molecular weight polymers (Mw > 100000) were obtained. Copolymerizations of VTPP (M 1 ) and styrene (M 2 ) were performed with 2,2' -azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) at 60°C. Monomer reactivity ratios were r 1 = 0.65 ± 0.15 and r 2 = 0.51 ± 0.15, Q and e for VTPP being 0.85 and 0.24, respectively. These values suggest a slightly distorted structure of propagating radicals. Rate constant of the addition of diphenyl phosphinoyl radicals (PhiJ''=O), generated by the photolysis of 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TMDPO), to VTPP was directly determined by time-resolved electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The rate constant, -1.4 x 10 6 s-1 M-1 , was one order of magnitude smaller than that of styrene (-I.Ix 10 7 s-1 M-1 ), due to decrease of resonance stabilization caused from a steric hindrance of TPP moiety.KEY WORDS Tetraphenylporphyrin / Radical Polymerization / Copolymerization / Q, e Values / Monomer Reactivity Ratio / Time-Resolved ESR / Initiation Rate Constant / Polymers containing paramagnetic species in their side chains are potentially new magnetic materials, because a magnetic ordering of the paramagnetic species through an exchange interaction of unpaired electrons is possible in the polymers. 1 -3 To our knowledge, the radical homopolymerization of vinyl monomers containing a porphyrin moiety in the side chain has not been reported except in our previous papers. 4 -6 The homopolymerizations of such monomers have been considered difficult due to steric repulsion. We synthesized poly-acrylate, -methacrylate, -acrylamide, and -methacrylamide of tetraphenyl- , MAATPP, 7 respectively) and investigated physicochemical properties of their metal complexes. 8 -11 We measured the magnetic susceptibility of polymers containing paramagnetic metalloporphyrin moieties in their side chains. Although the silver(II) complex of polyAOTPP showed strong antiferromagnetic interaction, the silver(II) complex of monomer (AOTPP) showed a typical paramagnetic property. 2 Polymer effect on the magnetic ordering was found in the system, but the origin of the exchange interactions among these paramagnetic side chains still remains unknown. The strong antiferromagnetic interaction of polyAOTPP-Ag 11 is likely due to a superexchange interactions through oxygen atoms of carbonyl group suggested from an IR t To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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