A New Class of Ultra-Efficient Supramolecular Nucleating Agents for Isotactic Polypropylene

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Abraham, Frank ; Kress, Roman ; Smith, Paul ; Schmidt, Hans-Werner:
A New Class of Ultra-Efficient Supramolecular Nucleating Agents for Isotactic Polypropylene.
In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 214 (2013) Issue 1 . - pp. 17-24.
ISSN 1521-3935
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201200487

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We present a family of 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-benzenetrisamides for ultra-efficient nucleation of isotactic polypropylene (i-PP). On the basis of a new symmetrically substituted core, in a series of compounds, the chemical structure of peripheral substituents was systematically varied, introducing branched aliphatic, aromatic, and cycloaliphatic moieties. Some of these compounds were found to promote nucleation of the a-phase in i-PP at concentrations as lowas 0.00003 wt%only,while concomitantly featuring outstanding thermal properties.