Recent advances in catalytic chain transfer polymerization of isobutylene: a review

T Rajasekhar, G Singh, GS Kapur, SSV Ramakumar - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents the development of highly reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB), a major
commercial intermediate toward fuel and lubricant additives. Recent years have witnessed …

A bibliometric survey on polyisobutylene manufacture

JB Alves, MK Vasconcelos, LHR Mangia, M Tatagiba… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyisobutylenes (PIB) constitute a versatile family of polymer materials that have been used
mainly as fuel and lubricant additives. Particularly, the current commercial demand for highly …

Silica gel supported ionic liquids as effective and reusable catalysts for the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene in non-polar media

IA Berezianko, IV Vasilenko, SV Kostjuk - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Silica gel supported catalysts based on FeCl3 and AlCl3 as well as chloroaluminate and
chloroferrate ionic liquids have been synthesized and tested in cationic polymerization of …

Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene: discovery, development and perspectives

IV Vasilenko, SV Kostjuk - Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, the current state and future perspectives in the application of complexes of
Lewis acids with ethers in the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene (HR PIB) were …

Cationic polymerization of isobutylene co-initiated by chloroferrate imidazole-based ionic liquid: The advantageous effect of initiator and aromatic compounds

IA Berezianko, IV Vasilenko, SV Kostjuk - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of different initiators (tert-butyl chloride (t-BuCl) and 2-chloro-2-phenylpropane
(CumCl) on the cationic polymerization of isobutylene co-initiated by acidic chloroferrate …

Acidic imidazole-based ionic liquids in the presence of diisopropyl ether as catalysts for the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene: Effect of ionic liquid nature …

IA Berezianko, IV Vasilenko, SV Kostjuk - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
A number of imidazole-based acidic (χ (LA)≥ 0.6) ionic liquids (RmimCl-LA, where R= Et or
Bu, LA= AlCl 3, AlBr 3, i BuAlCl 2, FeCl 3, GaCl 3, and BBr 3) has been synthesized and …

Polyisobutylenes with Controlled Molecular Weight and Chain-End Structure: Synthesis and Actual Applications

IE Nifant'ev, SA Korchagina, MS Chinova, AN Tavtorkin - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The polymerization of isobutylene allows us to obtain a wide spectrum of polyisobutylenes
(PIBs) which differ in their molecular weight characteristics and the chemical structure of …

Cationic Polymerization of Isobutylene and C4 Mixed Feed Using Complexes of Lewis Acids with Ethers: A Comparative Study

DI Shiman, IA Berezianko, IV Vasilenko… - Chinese Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The cationic polymerization of C 4 mixed feed and isobutylene co-initiated by AlCl 3× O i Pt
2, i BuAlCl 2× n O i Pr 2, and [emim] Cl-FeCl 3× n O i Pr 2 ([emim] Cl: 1-ethyl-3 …

Controlled Catalytic Chain Transfer Polymerization of Isobutylene in the Presence of tert-Butanol as Exo-Enhancer

T Rajasekhar, J Emert, LM Wolf, R Faust - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Catalytic chain transfer polymerization (CCTP) of isobutylene in the presence of alcohol as
an exo-enhancer with tert-butyl chloride/ethylaluminum dichloride (EADC)· bis (2 …

Cationic copolymerization and multicomponent polymerization of isobutylene with C4 olefins

T Rajasekhar, U Haldar, P De, J Emert, R Faust - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB) in the presence of other C4 olefins, 1-butene
(B1), cis-2-butene (C2B), and 1, 3-butadiene (BD) using the ethylaluminum dichloride …