In organic chemistry, atoms other than carbon and hydrogen are generally referred to as heteroatoms. The most common heteroatoms are nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur. Now I present to you an article called α-Diimine, Diamine, and Diphosphine Iron Catalysts for the Controlled Radical Polymerization of Styrene and Acrylate Monomers, published in 2007-10-16, which mentions a compound: 19481-82-4, mainly applied to acrylate styrene ATRP catalyst alkylimine phosphine iron complex synthesis, Recommanded Product: 19481-82-4.
The synthesis and characterization of a family of iron complexes of the type R[N,N]FeX2 (X = halide; R[N,N] = RN:CH-CH:NR, R = alkyl, aryl) and their application as catalysts for the controlled polymerization of styrenyl and acrylate monomers is described. Polymerizations catalyzed by alkylimine iron complexes give rise to atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene and Me methacrylate, while those catalyzed by arylimine iron complexes give rise to catalytic chain transfer polymerization A study of the ketimine series, R,Me[N,N]FeCl2 (where R,Me[N,N] = RN:C(Me)-C(Me):NR, R = Cy, Ph, DiPP), showed that electronic factors govern the mechanistic pathway. Controlled polymerizations were also observed for Me acrylate and p-methoxystyrene monomers. Moderate control over the polymerization of 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate was achieved in methanolic solution using methyl-α-bromophenylacetate as an initiator. The analogous diamine and diphosphine iron complexes, (Et2NCH2CH2NEt2)FeCl2 and (R2PCH2CH2PR2)FeCl2 (R = i-Pr, Ph, C6F5, C6H11, Et), were also prepared and screened for ATRP behavior. The phosphine complexes were the most reducing in the series, followed by the amines and then the imines, but large peak-to-peak (ΔEp) separations, indicative of poor reversibility, resulted in their poor performance as ATRP catalysts.
In addition to the literature in the link below, there is a lot of literature about this compound(2-Bromopropanenitrile)Recommanded Product: 19481-82-4, illustrating the importance and wide applicability of this compound(19481-82-4).
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