S. Masuda, Masami Tanaka, T. Ota
Feb 1, 1987
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Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Abstract
Ethyl 3-oxo-4-pentenoate (1) exhibits the coexistence of two tautomers, the ketonic and enolic form, and its tautomeric equilibrium shifts with the solvent. The monomer reactivity ratios for the radical copolymerization of 1 (M1) and styrene (M2) in various solvents were determined. There is a marked and a minor solvent effect on r1 and r2, respectively. Regression analysis of r1 with the solvatochromic parameters yields a fairly good linear relationship, taking into account three factors: polarity and hydrogen bond donating and accepting powers of the solvents.