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. 2020 Sep 21;5(38):24954–24963. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03883

Table 2. Effect of Varying Equivalents of Acetic Acid (AcOH) vs Tetramethylguanidine (TMG) in a Homoconjugate Catalyst Composition in Silanol Polycondensation.

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entry AcOH:TMG Mn (Da) Mw (Da) Đ conversion (%) D4 (ppm)
1 0.5:1 3100 6100 2.0 16 40
2 1:1 7600 13,700 1.8 66 76
3 1.5:1 12,200 23,700 1.9 79 121
4 2:1 19,000 37,500 2.0 86 149
5 2.5:1 19,600 39,300 2.0 87 154
6 3:1 22,800 28,500 1.3 89 168