THE COPOLYMERIZATION BEHAVIOR OF DIALLYL MALEATE TOWARDS ACCEPTOR-DONOR MONOMERS

The copolymerisation behaviour of diallylmaleate (DAM) with methyl met hacrylate (MMA), N-phenylmaleimide (NPI), and styrene (S) in radical p olymerisation was studied under the aspect of interaction of monomers with high and low electron density vinyl groups. The system DAM/S show ed some indications for interaction. Generally, the strong control of degradative chain transfer could be recognised in polymerisation. A hu ge increase of the molecular mass is observed at low parts of DAM in t he monomer composition.