Kinetics of the formation of alkoxyamines as applied to the problem of living radical polymerization

The kinetic analysis of the formation process of alkoxyamines was carried o ut. A calculation procedure for the quantitative prediction of the yield an d composition of the synthesis products was developed. The previously known compound Ri(M)(n)X, where R-i is the benzoyl peroxide radical, M is styren e, X is 2,2 ' ,6,6 ' -tetramethyl- 1-piperidinyloxy, and n = 1; and a new c ompound, where R-i is the dicyclohexyl peroxydicarbonate radical, were obta ined. The products were analyzed by chromatography and cryoscopy. The obtai ned data are consistent with the results of quantitative prediction. On the basis of the developed procedure of the kinetic analysis, practical recomm endations for optimization of the formation process of alkoxyamines were fo rmulated.