Lactam-based Polyamides, Volume I

Polymerization Structure

Rudolf Puffr, Vladimir Kubanek

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781000722277
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

This two-volume work examines general relationships among the structures, reactivity, and properties of polyamides important for predictions in such fields as materials science. The team of authors, including polymer research chemists, physicists, and specialists in technology and processing, compiled an extensive amount of literature (over 2300 references) to produce two volumes packed with text, tables, drawings, and first-hand information, much of it never before published. Topics include lactams and their production, properties, analysis, theory, and the technology of their polymerization, in addition to polyamides and their processing, modification, analysis, molecular characterization, structure, physical properties, degradation and stabilization, designing and application of products. Researchers and specialists in the preparation, modification, processing, structure, and properties of linear aliphatic polyamides will find Lactam-Based Polyamides, Volumes I and II to be invaluable texts.

CONTRIBUTORS, Volume I

Josef Baldrian, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Břetislav Doležel, Ph.D.

Materials Protection and Corrosion State Research Institute

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Božena Lánská, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

František Lednický, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Puffr, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Raab, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jan Šebenda, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Stehlíček, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Tuzar, Ph.D.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechoslovakia

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to our esteemed teacher and pioneer of Czechoslovak polyamide chemistry, Professor Otto Wichterle.

LACTAM-BASED POLYAMIDES

Volume I
Polymerization, Structure, and Properties

Lactams
Polymerization
Chemical Analysis
Molecular Characterization
Physical Structure
Properties
Degradation and Stabilization

Volume II
Modification, Technology, and Application

Modified Polyamides
Monomer Technology
Fibers
Reaction Processing
Processing Technology of Plastics
Designing and Application

Each volume contains a list of symbols and abbreviations and a subject index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS, Volume I

Chapter 1
Lactams
Rudolf Puffr

Chapter 2
Polymerization
Jan Šebenda

Chapter 3
Chemical Analysis
Božena Lánská and Jaroslav Stehlíček

Chapter 4
Molecular Characterization
Zdeněk Tuzar

Chapter 5
Physical Structure
Josef Baldrian and František Lednický

Chapter 6
Properties
Rudolf Puffr, Miroslav Raab and Břetislav Doležel

Chapter 7
Degradation and Stabilization
Božena Lánská

Appendix
Nomenclature of Polyamides, Symbols and Abbreviations

Index

Chapter 1

Lactams

Rudolf Puffr

Table of Contents

• I. General
• II. Molecular and Electronic Structure
  • A. Amide Group
  • B. Lactam Ring
• III. Acid-Base Properties
  • A. Acidity
    • 1. NH Acidity
    • 2. C_αH Acidity
    • 3. Salts of Lactam Anion
    • 4. Amide Electrophilicity
  • B. Basicity
    • 1. Hydrogen Bonding
      • a. Self-Association
      • b. Amide-Water Interaction
      • c. Lactam-Hydrogen Donor Complexes
    • 2. Protonation of Lactams
    • 3. Lactam-Inorganic Electron Acceptor Complexes
      • a. Molecular Acceptors
      • b. Metal Cations as Acceptors
• IV. Physical Properties
• References

I. General

Lactams, the cyclic amides of aliphatic ω-amino acids, form an extensive homologous series of monomers. Its various members can be characterized either by the number of ring carbon atoms, n, or by the cycle size, n + 1 (see also Table 1).

The lactams so far described contain 2 to 20 ring carbon atoms. This family of monomers can be substantially extended if mem...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• The Editors
• Contributors, Volume I
• Dedication Page
• Lactam-Based Polyamides
• Table of Contents, Volume I
• Chapter 1 Lactams
• Chapter 2 Polymerization
• Chapter 3 Chemical Analysis
• Chapter 4 Molecular Characterization
• Chapter 5 Physical Structure
• Chapter 6 Properties
• Chapter 7 Degradation and Stabilization
• Appendix Nomenclature of Polyamides, Symbols and Abbreviations
• Index