PREPARATION AND REACTIVITY OF METAL-CONTAINING MONOMERS .35. RADICAL POLYMERIZATION OF METHACRYLOYLACETONATES OF SOME TRANSITION-METALS

Polymethacryloylacetonates of some transition metals were obtained by free-radical polymerization of the corresponding metal-containing mono mers and the main regularities of the process were studied. The comple xation with a metal ion decreased the reactivity of the methacryloylac etone towards polymerization in the series Mn-II > Co-II > Ni-II > Cr- III, which is analogous to the electronegativity of these metals. Macr ochelates thus obtained contain one equivalent of metal per monomer un it and their molecular weights are within 10000-18200. The structure o f the coordination site was shown to be retained in the course of poly merization.