Abstract
The anionic polymerization of ${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam with N,N'-adipyl-bis-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam as an initiator and potassium hydroxide as a catalyst was studied under various conditions.It was found that concentration of catalyst and initiator was 4.2 and 1.6 mole %, and polymerization temperature of 130$^{\circ}C$C, polymerization time of 1.5 hours was the optimum condition. The intrinsic viscosity and molecular weight of the obtained polymer was over 0.9 dl/g and 12,000. The polymerization was carried out in the presence of N-acyl-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam as an initiator, it was observed that the reactivity of N,N'-adipyl-bis-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam was greater than both of the N-benzoyl-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam and N-acetyl-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam. In general it was also observed that the intrinsic viscosity and yield of conversion was increased as an increasing of concentration of catalyst and initiator and also highly depend on temperature.
N,N'-Adipyl-bis-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam을 개시제로 potassium hydroxide를 촉매로 하여 여러 가지 중합조건에서 ${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam의 음이온 중합을 시도하였다. 중합최적조건은 촉매와 개시제의 농도가 각각 4.2와 1.6 mole%, 중합온도 130$^{\circ}C$, 중합시간 1.5시간 일때이었다. 얻어진 중합체의 intrinsic viscosity는 0.9 dl/g, 분자량 12,000이상이었고 융점은 219$^{\circ}C$였다. Acyl type개시제의 반응성은 N,N'-adipyl-bis-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam이 가장 크고 N-benzoyl-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam, N-acetyl-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam의 순서로 감소하였다. Intrinsic viscosity,와 중합변화율은 촉매와 개시제의 농도증가에 따라 증가하였으며 중합온도에 크게 의존하였다.