M. Sangermano, S. Falling, J. Crivello
Aug 31, 2001
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Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A
Abstract
The photopolymerization of 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (1) was investigated using Fourier transform real-time infrared spectroscopy (FT-RTIR). The effects of photoinitiator structure and concentration and light intensity on the photopolymerization were investigated. Compared to related epoxide monomers, 1 was shown to be more reactive and this was ascribed to stabilization of the growing cationic chain end by the double bond during the ring-opening polymerization. Epoxide 1 was also shown to be useful as a reactive diluent in the photopolymerization of multifunctional epoxides and was observed to accelerate the polymerization of less reactive epoxy monomers.