Abstract
Recently 13C NMR spectroscopy has been successfully applied to investigate the sequence distribution of 1,2- and 1,4-units or cis-1,4- and trans-1,4-units in polybutadienes. As for polyisoprenes, however, few investigations have been made on the sequence distribution of isomeric structures using this technique, although Duch and Grant have assigned the 13C NMR signals of cis-1,4- and trans-l,4-homopolyisoprenes. In previous work we have found new signals attributed to cis-trans linkages in the 13C NMR spectra of cis-trans isomerized polyisoprenes and assigned the signals using diad sequences of cis-1,4- and trans-l,4-units. We have also studied the 13C NMR spectra of hydrogenated polyisoprenes containing various amounts of 1,4- and 3,4-units and the sequence distribution of 1,4- and 3,4-units were discussed for n-BuLi-catalyzed polyisoprenes. In this work we have investigated the sequence distribution of chicle polyisoprene and cis-trans isomerized 1,4-polyisoprenes containing various ratios of cis-1,4- and trans-1,4-units.