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Evaluation of conversion during the synthesis of aluminum (III) methacrylate-based copolymers using Raman spectroscopy and multivariate curve resolution

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Author(s):
Ferreira, Gabriella R. [1] ; Soares, Frederico L. F. [2] ; Carneiro, Renato L. [2] ; Umpierre, Alexandre P. [1] ; Machado, Fabricio [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Brasilia, Inst Chem, BR-70910000 Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Chem, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Microchemical Journal; v. 123, p. 62-69, NOV 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The present work addresses the use of Raman spectroscopy and multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) for the evaluation of the reaction conversion in copolymerization of aluminum (III) methacrylate and vinyl monomers (vinyl acetate, ethyl acrylate and methyl methactylate). For the synthesis of these materials, pseudo-dispersion copolymerizations were carried out in a reaction medium containing 17 wt.% of aluminum (III) methacrylate {[}Al(III)MA] and 83 wt.% of vinyl monomers, such as vinyl acetate (VAc), ethyl acrylate (EA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA). Raman spectra were acquired at different reaction times for each monomer used. We used multivariate curve resolution (MCR-ALS) in order to evaluate the reaction conversion and the concentration profiles. The concentration profile of VAc/A1(III)MA reaction shows that the polymerization occurs slowly, in which the conversion stabilizes after 15 h of reaction. The concentration profile of EA/Al(III)MA copolymerization shows that high conversions are achieved in a short reaction time. However, as the reaction proceeds (between 4 and 12 h), it is possible to observe.a decrease of the reaction rate, which is an indication that the modified monomer is polymerizing. The concentration profile of MMA/Al(III)MA copolymerization shows a high conversion in the first 2 h of reaction, indicating a possible low incorporation of the modified metal monomer into the growing copolymer chains, due to the differences of reactivity between the monomer species. The use of Raman spectroscopy coupled with MCR-ALS allowed for the evaluation of the conversion rate of three different organic-inorganic copolymers, although it is difficult to determine the conversion of hybrid polymers, the use of chemometric methods and Raman spectroscopy allowed us to compare the conversion rate between the studied copolymers. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/16520-5 - Application of calibration chemometrics methods and multivariate curve resolution in Raman spectroscopy for qualitative, quantitative and polymorphism analyses in medicines
Grantee:Renato Lajarim Carneiro
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants