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Preparation of poly(ethylene-co-dicyclopentadiene) copolymers and a study on their post-polymerization epoxidation

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The copolymerization of ethylene with dicyclopentadiene (DCP) using the metallocene catalyst rac-dimethylsilylbis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride (Me2Si(Ind)2ZrCl2) proceeds with high activity producing materials with DCP incorporations of 0.5–2.7 mol%. The residual olefin moiety of the DCP comonomer is still available for reaction following polymerization and was epoxidized using H2O2 and formic acid. This reaction was optimized and proceeds with good conversion and the resulting materials show increased physical properties compared to the untreated copolymers.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of CONICYT through project FONDAP 1198002 and FONDECYT 108.5061 and also to CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico).

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas and Centro para la Investigación Avanzada de Materiales (CIMAT), Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 2777, Santiago, Chile

    Brian C. Peoples, Vivianne N. Dougnac & Raul Quijada

  2. Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, 91570-970, Brazil

    Griselda B. Galland

  3. Departamento Ciencias del Ambiente, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile

    F. M. Rabagliati

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Peoples, B.C., Dougnac, V.N., Galland, G.B. et al. Preparation of poly(ethylene-co-dicyclopentadiene) copolymers and a study on their post-polymerization epoxidation. Polym. Bull. 70, 117–129 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-012-0787-x

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