文摘
Hydroxyl functionalized polystyrene-co-divinyl benzene beads were prepared via Ugelstads two-step activated swelling procedure as monodisperse particles. The prefunctional monomers p-acetoxystyrene and p-vinylbenzylchloride were used as comonomers with up to 28 % (v/v) of the total monomer load to directly introduce functional groups, which subsequently got hydroxylized. Particle morphology was examined with scanning electron microscopy and porosity by inverse size exclusion chromatography. The particle size ranged from 4.0 to 4.5 µm and porosity was only slightly affected giving mean pore diameters of ≈50 Å and specific surface area of ≈1100 m2/g for all materials. Hydroxylation reaction was monitored by FTIR-spectrometry and for p-vinylbenzylchloride also by XRF spectrometry. While reactivity was good for hydroxylation of p-acetoxystyrene, beads with p-vinylbenzylchloride showed significantly reduced yield in the hydroxylation step. RP-HPLC measurements with a series of homologous alkyl benzenes and acetophenone at different MeCN/H2O ratios gave decreased retention due to increased hydrophilicity of the backbone polymer. Highest hydrophobicity reduction was found for phenol type beads which lost up to 45 % of their RP retention.