| 摘要 |
<p>A method for the production of a vinyl aromatic polymer through the use of a supported light-induced photoreductant. A reactor is provided which contains a catalyst bed comprising a light-induced photoreductant component supported on a particulate substrate forming a permeable catalyst bed. A reaction stream comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer, a soluble reductant, and a transition metal salt is introduced into the reactor and passed through the catalyst bed. In addition, a gaseous oxidizing agent is introduced into the reactor and flowed through the catalyst bed and into contact with the reaction stream. The catalyst bed is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet or visible light range at an intensity sufficient to activate the photoreductant component and produce a free radical to initiate polymerization of the vinyl aromatic monomer to form a corresponding vinyl aromatic polymer. The vinyl aromatic polymer is then recovered from the reactor. The photoreductant component is a photoreductant dye, such as a group consisting of acridine, methylene blue, rose bengal, tetraphenylporphine, A protoporphyrin, A phthalocyanine and eosin-y and erythrosin-b. The transition metal salt may be an iron, cobalt or manganese salt and the soluble reductant is selected from the group consisting of diethanolamine, thiodiethanol, triethanolamine, benzoin, ascorbic acid, ester, glyoxal trimer and toluene sulfinic acid.</p> |
