SYNTHESIS OF HOMOPOLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS OF BULKY FUMARATES, AND THEIR SPREADING BEHAVIOR IN INSOLUBLE MONOLAYERS

A series of fumaric esters and amides having bulky substituents were p repared, and their homo- and copolymerisations with electron-rich como nomers were investigated. As the resulting polymers are characterised by rather stiff polymer backbones, they represent weakly amphiphilic p olymers of the ''hairy rod'' type which are accessible by radical poly merisation. The spreading behaviour at the air-water interface was stu died, with respect to the influence of the substituents and of the com onomers used on monolayer properties.