Oxygen → HCID 131726455, compound

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Reaction Steps

The radical polymerization was conducted in a 70 ml stainless autoclave equipped with a magnetic stirrer. After adding 0.84 g of CF2═CFCH2CH2OSi(CH3)3, 91 mg of (n-C4H9)3B, and 20 ml CH2Cl2 under argon, 25 ml of VDF was introduced into the reactor under vacuum by condensing the monomers at liquid nitrogen temperatures. About 4 ml of O2 was then introduced to initiate the polymerization. The autoclave was slowly warmed to room temperature and then kept at room temperature for 20 hours. After recovering the unreacted monomers, the slurry was poured into methanol, and the participated polymer powder was dried under vacuum for 24 hours at 80° C. The overall polymer yield was about 60%, and the polymers molecular weight determined by intrinsic viscosity was Mv=53,000 g/mole. The composition of the copolymer, containing 1.5 mole % of CF2═CFCH2CH2OSi(CH3)3 units, was determined by 1H NMR spectra.

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