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1-(Bromoacetyl)pyrene, a novel photoinitiator for the copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile
Published Nov 3, 2006 · A. Mishra, Swati Daswal
Colloid and Polymer Science
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Abstract
A comparative study on photoinitiated solution copolymerization of Styrene (Sty), with acrylonitrile (AN) using pyrene, 1-acetylpyrene, and 1-(bromoacetyl)pyrene (BrPy) as initiators, showed that the introduction of a chromophoric moiety, bromoacetyl (–COCH2Br), significantly increased the photoinitiating ability of pyrene. The kinetics and mechanism of copolymerization of Sty with AN (Sty–co–AN) using BrPy as photoinitiator has been studied in detail. The kinetic data, inhibiting effect of benzoquinone, and electron spin resonance (ESR) studies suggest that the polymerization proceeds via a free radical mechanism. The system followed non-ideal kinetics (Rpα[BrPy]0.7[Sty]1.09[AN]1.01) and degradative solvent transfer reasonably explained these kinetic non-idealities. The co-monomer reactivity ratios calculated by using the Finemann–Ross and Kelen–Tudos models were r1 (Sty) = 0.39 and r2 (AN) = 0.05. The reactivity ratios strongly indicate that the two monomers enter in almost alternating arrangement along the copolymer chain.
1-(bromoacetyl)pyrene significantly increases the photoinitiating ability of pyrene for the copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile, with the two monomers entering in almost alternating arrangements along the copolymer chain.
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