Vinyltrimethoxysilane-co-2-vinylpyridine copolymer - Synthesis and monomerreactivity ratios

Copolymers containing vinyltrimethoxysilane (VTMOS) and 2-vinylpyridine (2V Py) at different compositions were synthesized and characterized. The monom er reactivity ratios r(1) and r(2) were estimated by using the classical Fi neman-Ross and Kelen Tudos linear fitting procedures. Moreover, these param eters were also estimated using a nonlinear computational fitting known as Reactivity Ratios Error in Variable Method (RREVM). Attempts to obtain the corresponding copolymer with vinyltrimethylsilane (VTMS) were performed but only hompolymerization 2VPy is observed due to the non-reactivity of VTMS under this conditions. The results were analysed in terms of the relative c omonomeric structures and compared with similar related systems. The reacti vities are interpreted in terms of the resonance and stabilization effects together with the chemical structure.