Activation energy and thermal effect of initiation reaction of cationic isobutylene polymerization in the presence of complex catalyst “boron fluoride – water” in heptane

Abstract

: This paper presents data on activation energy and thermal effects at the stage of initiation of cationic isobutylene polymerization in the presence of complex catalyst boron fluoride – water in heptane with various stoichiometric composition, obtained by quantum chemical calculation using ab initio method. It has been established that increase in heptane amount leads to decrease in activation energy of reaction studied.