MATRIX POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLAMIDE INDUCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CARBONYL AND AMIDE GROUPS

Citation
T. Tsuneka et al., MATRIX POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLAMIDE INDUCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CARBONYL AND AMIDE GROUPS, Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry, A31(9), 1994, pp. 1169-1176
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
ISSN journal
10601325
Volume
A31
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1169 - 1176
Database
ISI
SICI code
1060-1325(1994)A31:9<1169:MPOAIB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Polymerizations of acrylamide (AAm) in the presence of several homo- a nd copolymers such as poly(methyl vinyl ketone) (poly-MVK) and poly(N- vinylpyrrolidone) (poly-VPr), copoly(MVK-St), and copoly(VPr-St) were carried out in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 30-degrees-C without catalyst. Similarly, the polymerizations of AAm in the presence of poly(methyl methacrylate) were also carried out in THF at 40-degrees-C. The increa sing concentration of these matrix polymers increased the polymerizabi lity of AAm. Number-average molecular weight (MBAR(n)) of the resultin g poly-AAm were close to the molecular weight (MBAR(n)) of the matrix polymers. The polymerizability of N-methylacrylamide was lower than th at of AAm, and N,N-dimethylacrylamide did not polymerize at all. From these results it appeared that these matrix polymerizations proceeded by the interaction between the carbonyl group in the matrix polymer an d the amide group of the AAm monomer.