2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol → HCID 21846855, compound

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A 1 liter glass reaction vessel, fitted with a magnetic stirrer, a hose connector, and a septum was purged with nitrogen. Operating in an atmosphere of nitrogen, the vessel was charged with a cyclohexane solution (500 ml) which contained 50 grams poly(iso-butylene-co-para-bromomethylstyrene) (Mv=10k, 4.6% para-bromomethylstyrene). A cyclohexane solution of tetrabutylammonium 2,6-di(t-butyl)-4-methylphenoxide was prepared in a second flask under nitrogen by placing 100 ml cyclohexane, 30 ml tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (1M in methanol) and 6.6 g 2,6-di(t-butyl)-4-methylphenol into the flask and concentrating this solution down to half its volume. This solution was then added to the flask containing the poly(iso-butylene-co-para-bromomethylstyrene). Then 2.5 ml methacrylic acid was added to the polymer solution and the temperature of the solution was raised to 50° C. The reaction was complete in one hour and the polymer was isolated by precipitation in isopropanol. The polymer was dried in a vacuum oven at 1 mm Hg and 40° C. GPC of the recovered polymer (50 g, 100% yield) was identical to that of the starting poly(iso-butylene-co-para-bromomethylstyrene). The analysis for the methacrylate content (FTIR and NMR) indicate that the modified polymer had 0.58 meq/gram which is consistent with the complete conversion of methacrylic acid to methacrylic ester.

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