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Controllability of radical copolymerization of maleimide and ethyl α-(n-propyl)acrylate using 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl-1,2-bis(trimethylsilyloxy) ethane as initiator
Published Aug 15, 2000 · Lianjun Shi, Decheng Wan, Junlian Huang
Journal of Polymer Science Part A
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Abstract
The radical copolymerization of maleimide (MI) and ethyl a-propylacrylate was performed using 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl-1,2-bis(trimethylsilyloxy) ethane (TPSE) as initiator. The whole copolymerization process might be divided into two stages: in the first stage, the copolymerization was carried out on the common radical mechanism, the molecular weight of the copolymer increased rapidly in much lower conversion (, 85%), and did not depend on the polymerization time and conversion; in the second stage, molecular weight of the copolymer increased linearly with the conversion and the polymerization time. It was found, however, when the conversion was higher than a certain value, for example, more than 36%, the molecular weight of the copolymer was nearly unchangeable with the polymerization time and the molecular weight distribu- tion was widened. The effect of reaction conditions on copolymerization was discussed and the reactivity ratios were calculated by the Kelen-Tudos method, the values were rMI 5 0.13 6 0.03, rEPA 5 0.58 6 0.06 for TPSE system and rMI 5 0.12 6 0.03, rEPA 5 0.52 6 0.06 for AIBN system. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 2872-2878, 2000
The radical copolymerization of maleimide and ethyl a-propylacrylate using 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl-1,2-bis(trimethylsilyloxy) ethane can be divided into two stages, with molecular weight increasing linearly with conversion and
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