U. Yildiz et al., DISPERSION POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE AND METHYL-METHACRYLATE INITIATED BY POLY(OXYETHYLENE) MACROMONOMERIC AZOINITIATORS, Die Angewandte makromolekulare Chemie, 231, 1995, pp. 135-144
Macromonomeric poly(oxyethylene) azoinitiators (macroinimers) MIM-400
and MIM-1500 were synthesized and characterized by IR and NMR spectros
copy and DSC techniques. The dispersion polymerizations of styrene and
methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated by poly(oxyethylene) macroinimers
(MIM-400 and MIM-1500) in water/ethanol were investigated at 60 degre
es C. The rate of polymerization was found to increase with increasing
concentration of MIM and the increase was more pronounced in the styr
ene system. In the range of medium conversions the rate of polymerizat
ion was found to be proportional to the 1.7th and 1.6th power of [MIM-
400] and [MIM-1500] for MMA and to the 2.5th power of [MIM-400] for st
yrene, respectively.