Sodium Citrate Kolbe Electrolysis Polymerization in Aqueous Solution with Controlled Molecular Weight Distribution

Controlled‐molecular‐weight‐distribution polymerization of sodium citrate in aqueous solution is successfully performed by Kolbe electrolysis reaction. It can be carried out in aqueous solution and no initiator and catalyst need to be added specially in this new polymerization procedure. The molecular weight of polymerization product linear rises with increasing conversion rate, and its distribution is maintained relatively narrowly (Mw/Mn <...