α-Methylstyrene (AMS) is used in the synthesis of (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic copolymer)/(α-methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer). It is used in the manufacture of plasticizers, resins and polymers.
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Applications
α-Methylstyrene (AMS) is used in the synthesis of (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic copolymer)/(α-methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer). It is used in the manufacture of plasticizers, resins and polymers.
Solubility
Soluble in water.( 0,1 g/L) at 25°C.
Notes
Store at 4°C. Incompatible materials are Strong oxidizing agents, Peroxides, Organometallic compounds, Metallic salts.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Ray L. Sweany; Jack Halpern. Hydrogenation of .alpha.-methylstyrene by hydridopentacarbonylmanganese (I). Evidence for a free-radical mechanism.J. Am. Chem. Soc.1977, 99 (25), 8335-8337.
- Toshinobu Higashimura; Masami Kamigaito; Makoto Kato; Toshiyuki Hasebe; Mitsuo Sawamoto.Macromolecules.1977, 26 (11), 2670-2673.
- For asymmetric ene-reaction with methyl glyoxylate, catalyzed by a chiral binaphthyl (see (R)-(+)-1,1'-Bi(2-naphthol) , L08305) Ti(O-i-Pr)4 complex to give methyl (2R)-3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-4-pentenoate, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 596 (1998):
- In the presence of trichloroacetic acid, has been reported for the protection of 5-substituted tetrazoles as their N-cumyl derivatives. Deprotection was effected by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis: J. Org. Chem., 64, 9301 (1999).