As the typical highly exothermic polymerization, cationic polymerization suffers from harsh
reaction conditions and poor control of polymerizations. The combination of microreactor …

This review presents the development of highly reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB), a major
commercial intermediate toward fuel and lubricant additives. Recent years have witnessed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Traditional living/controlled cationic polymerization provides a simple synthetic route for the
preparation of various polymers with set molecular weight, narrow molecular weight …