Ng. Stanojevic et al., POLY(DIALKOXYETHYL ITACONATE)S .1. SOME PROPERTIES OF DIMETHOXYETHYL ITACONATE AND ITS POLYMER, European Polymer Journal, 31(6), 1995, pp. 541-545
The preparation of dimethoxyethyl itaconate and its polymerisation are
described. Some of the properties of the monomer and polymer were det
ermined with special emphasis on the experimental determination of the
solubility parameter of the polymer, delta(p). Possible reasons for t
he relatively high experimentally determined value of delta(p) 21.6 (J
/cm3)1/2 are discussed with comparison to calculated and experimentall
y determined values for poly(di-butyl itaconate).