Ib. Klimenko et al., STRUCTURE OF POLY(ACRYLONITRILE) PREPARED BY ANIONIC-POLYMERIZATION, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 37(6), 1995, pp. 969-973
A comparative study of the structure of PAN samples prepared by anioni
c and radical polymerization was performed using IR spectroscopy. All
the polymers prepared with anionic systems contained segments with a m
ore planar structure. The polymers obtained in nonpolar medium in the
presence of organometallic initiators had many imperfections, whose ap
pearance depended on the polymerization conditions. PAN samples prepar
ed in DMF had a more regular chemical structure, as observed spectrosc
opically.