1,2-Diisocyanates were cyclopolymerized using
CpTiCl2N(CH3)2. Treatment
of 1,2-diisocyanatodecane with
CpTiCl2N(CH3)2 in THF effected
its cyclopolymerization with stoichiometric control
over molecular weight and with
M
w/M
n ranging from 1.2 to
1.8. IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectra
of
the resulting polymers indicate that the monomer underwent complete
cyclization. Studies of the solution
properties of poly(1,2-diisocyanatodecane) showed that it
maintains a smaller hydrodynamic volume than
poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) at equivalent molecular
weights. Living poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) was
end-capped
with blocks of poly(1,2-diisocyanatopropane) and
poly(1,2-diisocyanatodecane). TGA and DSC studies
of
these block copolymers showed that the individual block segments
decomposed at the same temperatures
as their respective homopolymers. Random copolymerizations of
n-hexyl isocyanate with 1,2-diisocyanatopropane and 1,2-diisocyanatodecane were conducted. TGA studies
of these macromolecules showed
that the decomposition temperature of the copolymer was a function of
its 1,2-diisocyanate content, and
the incorporation of a relatively high mole percent of the diisocyanate
monomer was necessary to observe
an increase in the decomposition onset of the copolymer.