Synthesis of tetrakis bromine terminated phthalocyanine and its methyl methacrylate polymers via ATR

Authors

TUBA ÇAKIR ÇANAK
DAMLA YEŞİLDAĞ
ILGIN NAR
ESİN HAMURYUDAN
İBRAHİM ERSİN SERHATLI

DOI

10.3906/kim-1811-40

Abstract

A phthalocyanine (Pc) initiator, tetrakis(2-bromopropyloxyester)ethylthiophthalocyaninatozinc(II) (ZnPc-Br), was prepared and successfully applied to atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) for the first time. Bromine end groups of the synthesized Pc took part in the initiation of the MMA chain growth. Polymerization was demonstrated by monomodal molecular weight distribution of the synthesized polymers and their increasing molecular weight behavior with reaction time. UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence, and transmittance properties of the polymers were also examined. The results indicate that the ZnPc-Br-based initiator is potentially applicable in ATRP applied to MMA in order to obtain and develop functional acrylic materials.

Keywords

Phthalocyanine, poly(methylmethacrylate), atom transfer radical polymerization

First Page

911

Last Page

925

Recommended Citation

ÇANAK, TUBA ÇAKIR; YEŞİLDAĞ, DAMLA; NAR, ILGIN; HAMURYUDAN, ESİN; and SERHATLI, İBRAHİM ERSİN (2019) "Synthesis of tetrakis bromine terminated phthalocyanine and its methyl methacrylate polymers via ATR," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 43: No. 3, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-1811-40
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol43/iss3/16