Sm. Mokhtar et al., RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND COPOLYMERIZATION BEHAVIOR OF N-ACRYLOYL N'-CYANOACETOHYDRAZIDE, Polymer Journal, 29(12), 1997, pp. 964-969
The radical polymerization and copolymerization of N-acryloyl N'-cyano
acetohydrazide (ACAH), were carried in dimethyl formamide in presence
of azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator and kinetic studies on the poly
merization behavior of ACAH, conducted. Complex formation of ACAH mono
mer and polymer (PACAH) with Cu(II) and Fe(II) cations was investigate
d and the stability constant determined. The rate of copolymerization
of ACAH with some conventional monomers named vinyl acetate, methyl me
thacrylate, and acrylonitrile was measured as a function of mole fract
ions of cumonomers. The reactivity ratios (r(1), r(2)) for the various
investigated copolymer systems with the Q and e values of ACAH monome
r were determined. The thermal gravimetric analysis of prepared polyme
r and copolymers with acrylonitrile was done.