Supporting data for Regiospecific and Linear Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) via the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of 3-acetoxycyclooctene
2023-02-02
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Supporting data for Regiospecific and Linear Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) via the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of 3-acetoxycyclooctene
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2023-02-02
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Dingwell, Claire, E.
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Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) is an oxygen barrier polymer used to prevent premature degradation of food, pharmaceuticals, and other products due to its semi-crystallinity, strong intermolecular interactions, and consequently low free volume. EVOH is made using traditional free-radical copolymerization, which leads to little structural regularity. We use ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) to determine how regioregularity can be used in these copolymers to improve barrier properties of EVOH. A regioregular (head-to-tail) polymer was synthesized from ROMP of 3-acetoxycyclooctene, followed by hydrogenation and deacylation to give a linear, highly regioregular EVOH (PH3OHCOE) containing the equivalent of 75 mol % ethylene units. The same process was carried out with 5-acetoxycyclooctene, but the resulting polymer (PH5OHCOE) is regiorandom. Both polymers were compared to an industrial benchmark, EVOH-44, containing 44 mol % ethylene units. After processing, differential scanning calorimetry showed that the semi-crystalline PH3OHCOE had a higher melting temperature and enthalpy of melting compared to semi-crystalline PH5OHCOE, indicating that PH3OHCOE is more crystalline. This was confirmed by wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). WAXS, rheological studies, and polarized optical microscopy showed that PH3OHCOE has a different crystal structure, higher levels of hydrogen-bonding between -OH groups, and a higher glass transition temperature compared to PH5OHCOE. These differences were also highlighted in their tensile behavior, where PH3OHCOE and EVOH-44 exhibited brittle failure compared to the ductile behavior observed for PH5OHCOE. Oxygen barrier testing showed that regioregular PH3OHCOE had an oxygen permeability more than a factor of 3 lower than regiorandom PH5OHCOE but still higher than EVOH-44, while water barrier testing showed that PH3OHCOE had the lowest water permeability, more than 6 times lower than EVOH-44. These results highlight the importance of regioregularity on the barrier properties of EVOH-like materials and show that structural improvements can lower oxygen permeability while maintaining low water permeability at low PVOH concentrations.
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Dingwell, C. E.; Hillmyer, M. A. Regiospecific Poly(ethylene-Co-Vinyl Alcohol) by ROMP of 3‑Acetoxycyclooctene and Postpolymerization Modification for Barrier Material Applications. ACS applied polymer materials 2023, 5 (3), 1828–1836.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01918
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01918
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This research was supported partially by the DOW Chemical Company.
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Dingwell, Claire, E.; Hillmyer, Marc, A.. (2023). Supporting data for Regiospecific and Linear Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) via the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of 3-acetoxycyclooctene. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), http://doi.org/10.13020/vb1d-5r77.
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