01-03-2019 | FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS | Issue 2/2019
Copolymers with Pendant N-arylimide Groups via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization and Kinetic Study
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- Polymer Science, Series B > Issue 2/2019
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Abstract
Random and random-block copolymers of methyl methacrylate with N-arylitaconimide monomer (N-(4-chlorophenyl)itaconimide, N-phenylitaconimide, and N-(4-methoxyphenyl)itaconimide) have been synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization process with N-arylimide as the pendant group and characterized by different techniques. A 60–80% enhancement in softening temperature of these copolymers was observed as compared to poly(methyl methacrylate). The living mechanism was confirmed by the linear rise of number average molecular weight with conversion.
