3-TETRAHYDROFURFURYLOXY-2-HYDROXYPROPYL METHACRYLATE - SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, HOMOPOLYMERIZATION, AND COPOLYMERIZATION

3-Tetrahydrofurfuryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate monomer was prepa red from methacrylic acid, tetrahydrofurfuryl alchol, and epichlorhydr in. Homopolymerization and copolymerization with (2-phenyl-1,3-dioxola ne-4-yl)methyl methacrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone monomers were carr ied out in 1,4-dioxane solution at 60 degrees C using benzoyl peroxide as initiator. Infrared, proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonan ce techniques were used in characterizations of the monomer, the homop olymer and the copolymers were determined by DSC technique. The copoly mer compositions were estimated from 1H-NMR spectra. The reactivity ra tios in copolymerization of 3-tetrahydrofurfuryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl me thacrylate and (2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl) methyl methacrylate were calculated by both Kelen-Tudos and Fineman-Ross methods.