A Simple Approach for Preparation of High-yield Butadiene-Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Microspheres by Suppressing Diels-Alder Reaction

Hong-Yi Qi; Chen-Xi Liang; Ming-Sen Chen; Yan-Bin Huang; Wan-Tai Yang

doi:10.1007/s10118-025-3282-1

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A Simple Approach for Preparation of High-yield Butadiene-Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Microspheres by Suppressing Diels-Alder Reaction

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2025-02-25

- A Simple Approach for Preparation of High-yield Butadiene-Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Microspheres by Suppressing Diels-Alder Reaction
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 43, Issue 3, Pages: 468-476(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Author bio：
  
  dr_chen@tsinghua.edu.cn (M.S.C.)
  yanbin@tsinghua.edu.cn (Y.B.H.)
  yangwantai@tsinghua.edu.cn (W.T.Y.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-025-3282-1
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- Received：21 November 2024，
  
  Revised：2024-12-14，
  
  Accepted：16 December 2024，
  
  Online First：13 February 2025，
  
  Published：01 March 2025
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Qi, H. Y.; Liang, C. X.; Chen, M. S.; Huang, Y. B.; Yang, W. T. A simple approach for preparation of high-yield butadiene-maleic anhydride copolymer microspheres by suppressing diels-alder reaction. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 468–476

Hong-Yi Qi, Chen-Xi Liang, Ming-Sen Chen, et al. A Simple Approach for Preparation of High-yield Butadiene-Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Microspheres by Suppressing Diels-Alder Reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(3): 468-476.
Qi, H. Y.; Liang, C. X.; Chen, M. S.; Huang, Y. B.; Yang, W. T. A simple approach for preparation of high-yield butadiene-maleic anhydride copolymer microspheres by suppressing diels-alder reaction. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 468–476 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3282-1.

Hong-Yi Qi, Chen-Xi Liang, Ming-Sen Chen, et al. A Simple Approach for Preparation of High-yield Butadiene-Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Microspheres by Suppressing Diels-Alder Reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2025, 43(3): 468-476. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-025-3282-1.

摘要

In this work

we clarified the factors on the butadiene-maleic anhydride copolymerization and DA reaction

and proposed a two-step method to suppress the DA reaction and achieve high-yield production (~85 %) of cross-linked microspheres with controllable particle size (175 ~ 800 nm) by 2SP polymerization.

Abstract

The burgeoning ethylene production in the Asia-Pacific region has led to a substantial oversupply of butadiene as a byproduct

and it is highly important to develop new butadiene-based materials. Butadiene-maleic anhydride copolymer

characterized by its amphiphilic nature

shows potential applications in adhesives

emulsifiers

etc

. However

the Diels-Alder (DA) react

ion of butadiene and maleic anhydride competes with the polymerization

limiting the copolymer yield. In this study

the kinetics of the DA reaction and copolymerization between butadiene and maleic anhydride were examined

and the influence of various reaction conditions on the copolymer yield was investigated. We found that the DA reaction in the induction period of the radical polymerization was the critical factor in limiting copolymer yield. Therefore

we proposed the two-step method to suppress the DA reaction and achieve high-yield production (~85%) of cross-linked microspheres with controllable particle size (175−800 nm) by self-stabilized precipitation polymerization. This work enables an efficient synthesis of conjugated diolefin-maleic anhydride cross-linked microspheres

offering a novel approach to address the issue of butadiene overcapacity.

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